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Noun
They are her distant kin.
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
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Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
His intention wasn’t to publicly shame his brother, but to confront a culture of slavery that was gaining ground even among his own kin.
—TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Bennett’s musings have an ethical component: if a nuisance tree, or a dead tree, or a dead rat is my kin, then everything is kin—even a piece of trash.
—Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
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Noun
Their kin live in zoos across the country and roam the wilderness in Arizona and New Mexico within the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
His intention wasn’t to publicly shame his brother, but to confront a culture of slavery that was gaining ground even among his own kin.
—TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Chickens also retain a smidge of the predatory instinct that made their kin such formidable hunters.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Bennett’s musings have an ethical component: if a nuisance tree, or a dead tree, or a dead rat is my kin, then everything is kin—even a piece of trash.
—Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Kin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kin. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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