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kith

noun

Definition of kith

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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In a news release Thursday, the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office detailed its efforts to identify and find kin for a man found floating in a portion of the lengthy creek that goes through Metcalf Park on June 14, 1997.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Police did not release the names, ages or genders of the victims, saying next-of-kin notifications were underway.

— Reuters, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of kin

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The nonprofit has made adjustments recently — for example delivering hot meals on the weekend, instead of frozen ones for folks without power.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Tribal community members from across California are gathering this weekend on the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians’ land for an annual summer celebration, in which non-native folks are invited to join in.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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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

Noun

Hispanic and African American households also collectively drive more than a third (36 percent) of TikTok Shop’s beauty spending — which highlights the importance of diverse products and paying attention to a range of multicultural audiences.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Marin County consistently ranks among the wealthiest counties in the US, with a median household income of about $149,000, according to US Census data.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

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