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kith

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as in kin

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Recent Examples of kith Timothy Treadwell, an environmentalist and a filmmaker who lived with brown bears in Alaska for thirteen summers, loved the bears, thought of them as his friends, his kith and his kin. — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023 All familiar sights around Christmas, when the social obligations of the festive season draw people together with their kith and kin. — Elisabeth Blagrove, Quartz, 25 Dec. 2019 According to Ms Debos, the need for France’s intervention showed that some high-ranking officers were unwilling to fight their kith and kin among the rebels. — The Economist, 18 July 2019

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The same forces now shape the wider world of compliance attestation ISO 27001 certification, CMMC assessments and their kin.

— Amir Tarighat, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Under the microscope, the researchers observed these supergiants running over smaller kin and engulfing them whole at the rate of one every 10 minutes.

— Jay Kakade July 23, Refractor, 23 July 2026

Definition of kin

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There could be challenges that pop up during this time, like needing to handle family problems or stepping in to help one of your kindreds.

— Kyle Thomas, People.com, 1 June 2025
The French researchers, working with another team in Montreal, Canada, identified a specific problem mutation in this kindred.

— Markham Heid, Time, 6 Dec. 2022

Definition of kindred

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In March, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI stood at the White House and signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, promising American households would not pay for the grid expansion their data centers require.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
The Gemini Moon moves through your 4th House of Home and Family and sextiles Saturn in your 2nd House of Resources, helping household needs, money choices, and emotional comfort find a steadier rhythm.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026

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