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kith

noun

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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 Canadian Armed Forces said that additional details would be confirmed after next-of-kin have been notified.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
The person — whose name has not been announced publicly pending next-of-kin notifications — was pronounced dead at the scene.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of kin

Noun

Lee contributed to more development than his own, eventually selling 20 acres at East Colonial Drive and Bumby Avenue to the folks who’d develop the Colonial Plaza shopping center.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
And it can be argued, credibly, that no other group on this soil has struggled for freedom, for justice, for equality, and for true democracy as long and as doggedly as Black folks.

— Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of folks

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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

Changing a risk-averse culture through ‘positive shaming’ Kempczinski, who grew up in a Catholic household in Cincinnati and would visit McDonald’s after Friday night football games, admits to some Midwestern conservatism.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Here is the household manager’s checklist for keeping everyone healthy from November through April.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026

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