grandnephew
noun
grand·neph·ew
ˈgran(d)-ˈnef-(ˌ)yü 
chiefly British -ˈnev-
: a grandson of one's brother or sister
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ProPublica also revealed Crow purchased three properties belonging to the justice and his family, and paid for two years of tuition at private schools for Thomas' grandnephew, which the justice did not disclose on financial disclosure forms.
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CBS News, 24 May 2023
The whiskey is named after Baker Beam, the grandnephew of Jim Beam himself and a distiller who worked at the distillery for nearly four decades.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
Crow also purchased three Georgia properties from Thomas and his family members in 2014 and paid for the private boarding school tuition of Thomas’ grandnephew, both of which Thomas did not disclose, ProPublica reported.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
Those include buying the home where Thomas’s mother lives, and paying $150,000 or more in boarding school tuition for a grandnephew Thomas was raising.
—Emily Caldwell, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
Reporters at ProPublica found that real estate tycoon Harlan Crow had paid for Thomas’ teenage grandnephew to go to a private boarding school.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
Crow took Thomas on private jet flights and yacht cruises around the world, paid private school tuition for the justice’s grandnephew and paid Thomas money in an undisclosed real estate deal.
—Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 12 July 2023
Among the revelations was that Crow paid for two years of tuition at private schools for Thomas' grandnephew, which the justice did not disclose on financial disclosure forms.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 June 2023
For a few brief months in 2012, the Red singer-songwriter was connected to the grandnephew of JFK, Conor Kennedy.
—Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 7 July 2023
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CBS News, 24 May 2023
The whiskey is named after Baker Beam, the grandnephew of Jim Beam himself and a distiller who worked at the distillery for nearly four decades.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
Crow also purchased three Georgia properties from Thomas and his family members in 2014 and paid for the private boarding school tuition of Thomas’ grandnephew, both of which Thomas did not disclose, ProPublica reported.
—Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
Those include buying the home where Thomas’s mother lives, and paying $150,000 or more in boarding school tuition for a grandnephew Thomas was raising.
—Emily Caldwell, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
Reporters at ProPublica found that real estate tycoon Harlan Crow had paid for Thomas’ teenage grandnephew to go to a private boarding school.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
Crow took Thomas on private jet flights and yacht cruises around the world, paid private school tuition for the justice’s grandnephew and paid Thomas money in an undisclosed real estate deal.
—Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 12 July 2023
Among the revelations was that Crow paid for two years of tuition at private schools for Thomas' grandnephew, which the justice did not disclose on financial disclosure forms.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 June 2023
For a few brief months in 2012, the Red singer-songwriter was connected to the grandnephew of JFK, Conor Kennedy.
—Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 7 July 2023
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1596, in the meaning defined above
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grandnephew
noun
grand·neph·ew
-ˈnef-(ˌ)yü
: a grandson of one's brother or sister
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