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
Her relatives were considering a plan to take on debt to stay open this winter, a proposition that worried her because, with Grand Canyon Lodge and other park visitor services destroyed, there is no guarantee of what next year’s traffic will look like.
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Their names were being withheld by police, pending notification of their relatives.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
Investigators from the Hamilton County Coroner's Office are looking for relatives or friends of a Walnut Hills man who died.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
At the heart of her life was her daughter, Angeline, whom friends and relatives said Joseph raised to be both resilient and tender, reflecting her mother’s own spirit.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Members of the Afghan diaspora spent hours, and sleepless nights, trying to call and text relatives, friends and colleagues back home.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Now many of those relatives are dead, killed in the war that has destroyed much of the Strip.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
My dad, my grandfather, my great grandfather, all of them died by 47, and many men and my cousins an relatives have died before 50 because of this.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
For decades, rival groups accused one another of inflating voter rolls by having relatives who lived outside the county travel there to vote on Election Day.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Their names were being withheld by police, pending notification of their relatives.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
Investigators from the Hamilton County Coroner's Office are looking for relatives or friends of a Walnut Hills man who died.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
At the heart of her life was her daughter, Angeline, whom friends and relatives said Joseph raised to be both resilient and tender, reflecting her mother’s own spirit.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Members of the Afghan diaspora spent hours, and sleepless nights, trying to call and text relatives, friends and colleagues back home.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Now many of those relatives are dead, killed in the war that has destroyed much of the Strip.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
My dad, my grandfather, my great grandfather, all of them died by 47, and many men and my cousins an relatives have died before 50 because of this.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
For decades, rival groups accused one another of inflating voter rolls by having relatives who lived outside the county travel there to vote on Election Day.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relatives
Noun
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Chabon’s novel, about two Jewish cousins who create a fantastically successful comic-book superhero named the Escapist, should make fine operatic material.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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Their older cousins in the Smiths camp will never experience that joy.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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China, India resume flights after five-year hiatus China and India agreed to restart direct flights after a five-year hiatus, the latest sign of thawing relations between the world’s most populous nations.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Buck began her career at Fox News Channel as a media relations coordinator.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Relatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relatives. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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