kissing cousins

plural of kissing cousin

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Noun
  • As a group, HQ Portfolio stocks provided better returns with less risk versus the benchmark index; less of a roller-coaster ride, as evident in HQ Portfolio performance metrics.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The triangular chain of reefs and rocks is coveted for its strategic location, bountiful fish stocks, and role as a sanctuary for boats during storms.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The concerns colored their respective candidacies to the point that key races were lost.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Democrats are hoping that growing dissatisfaction with his economic plans can carry them to victory in several key races.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the potential dangers, some young users and their families say trying the controversial therapy is preferable to being stuck in the status quo.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Minoxidil, which works by improving blood flow to the scalp, can be taken orally or applied topically.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • One video was a loop showing the moment of impact in slow-motion, stopping before blood is seen.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • From the Roman centurion to the woman at the well, Jesus frequently interacted with and helped outsiders from differing tribes.
    John Fugelsang September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Desert Warrior is the story of a pre-Islamic battle between Arab tribes and the Persian-Sasanian Empire in what is now southern Iraq.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 48 megapixel camera houses a telephoto lens with 1x, 2x, 4x and 8× optical zoom and 8K recording capabilities.
    James Powel, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The couple put offers on half a dozen houses.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • McKinsey’s Global Survey similarly emphasizes that organizations tracking gen‑AI KPIs outperform cousins still focusing on proofs-of-concept.
    Ian Amit, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At his home in his native Curaçao, a 4-year-old Rafaela watched that game with his mom, a Red Sox fan, and his grandpa, a Yankees fan, in hopes of emulating Jeter’s all-out style of play to impress his older brothers and cousins around the neighborhood.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Slavers didn’t keep records of family lineages and the enslaved couldn’t do so.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Mingling and interbreeding Modern humans and Neanderthals share an ancestor that originated in Africa, but the two lineages diverged at least 500,000 years ago.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Kissing cousins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kissing%20cousins. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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