as in cousins
a person connected with another by blood or marriage
it's always fun to see all your relatives at a big family gathering
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Recent Examples of relatives
South Dakota Department of Corrections via AP Court records showed no lawyers listed for Milk and Rogness, and no relatives could immediately be located through phone records and social media to speak on their behalf.
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CBS News, 19 June 2026
Patrick O’Neil of Pittsboro, North Carolina, traveled to Atlanta with his wife, son and relatives after purchasing five tickets through StubHub for the Spain-Cape Verde match.
—ABC News, 19 June 2026
But the team’s observations showed that even when pollen was withheld, the Heliconius butterflies still lived much longer than their non-pollen feeding relatives.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Gates also shared that Kimmel had relatives from Germany.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Over the past year, 248 relatives of former military members have been put into deportation proceedings, 125 former service members have been arrested for immigration violations and 34 former military members have been put into deportation proceedings.
—Alex Poppe, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
More than 80 people attended his funeral, and many relatives and community members fell ill in the following days.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
That means a handful of tickets to share with a lot of relatives who are eager to join.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
None may be related to the prisoner, victims or either of their relatives.
—Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2026
CBS News, 19 June 2026
Patrick O’Neil of Pittsboro, North Carolina, traveled to Atlanta with his wife, son and relatives after purchasing five tickets through StubHub for the Spain-Cape Verde match.
—ABC News, 19 June 2026
But the team’s observations showed that even when pollen was withheld, the Heliconius butterflies still lived much longer than their non-pollen feeding relatives.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Gates also shared that Kimmel had relatives from Germany.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 19 June 2026
Over the past year, 248 relatives of former military members have been put into deportation proceedings, 125 former service members have been arrested for immigration violations and 34 former military members have been put into deportation proceedings.
—Alex Poppe, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
More than 80 people attended his funeral, and many relatives and community members fell ill in the following days.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
That means a handful of tickets to share with a lot of relatives who are eager to join.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
None may be related to the prisoner, victims or either of their relatives.
—Idaho Statesman, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relatives
Noun
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Everything that had made her herself — the warmth, the animals, the cousins who stayed behind — was suddenly gone.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
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Three young girls were buried side by side, two of whom were likely cousins.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Marcos, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, led leaders of the 11-nation bloc in commemorating the 35th anniversary of ASEAN's diplomatic relations with Russia.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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Marcos, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, led leaders of the 11-nation bloc in commemorating the 35th anniversary of ASEAN’s diplomatic relations with Russia.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 June 2026
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“Relatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relatives. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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