kith

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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 Although Edward IV had the Lancastrian King Henry VI secretly murdered in the Tower in 1471, to close off the enemy dynasty, Richard couldn’t get away with the same thing with his own kith and kin 12 years later. Andrew Roberts, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kith
Noun
  • Their names are yet to be released, pending notification of next-of-kin.
    Austin Turner, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Modi also pledged that a sum of approximately $2,148 of the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund will go to the kin of each passenger who died in the April 10 incident, according to ANI News.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These new folks could fill a number of important roles, for NASA reportedly lost thousands of employees in 2025 as part of a larger set of government cutbacks.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • This is one of the best areas in the Riviera Maya for water sports—you’ll see folks kitesurfing from your balcony—and there are ample opportunities for guests to get out on the inviting water between treatments.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Compared with the top 20%, poorer households spend roughly four times as much of their after-tax income on gas, analysts from the investment bank found.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Taking time before a storm arrives to unplug the right appliances and household items can be the difference between weathering the storm safely and thousands of dollars in damages.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Kith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kith. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

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