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as in sister
a male connected with another person by a common parent
When was the last time you called your brother?
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as in monk
a member of a religious community of men
He was loved and respected among his brothers at the monastery.
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as in friend
a man with whom one feels a sense of solidarity
As veterans, we support our brothers and sisters in the military.
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Recent Examples of brother
Built by George Washington’s youngest brother, the tavern operated for 35 years as a lively inn and watering hole.
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Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Not only in trying to understand the big picture of human mortality, fragility, and finding meaning in survival but more personally as a husband, father, son, and brother.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Their other brother, Brad, is a poet who followed his brothers into the Oz writers’ room and has since worked on shows like The Americans.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
This comes after Sánchez and Bezos continued on with their lengthy legal battle against her estranged brother, Michael Sánchez.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
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Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Not only in trying to understand the big picture of human mortality, fragility, and finding meaning in survival but more personally as a husband, father, son, and brother.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Their other brother, Brad, is a poet who followed his brothers into the Oz writers’ room and has since worked on shows like The Americans.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
This comes after Sánchez and Bezos continued on with their lengthy legal battle against her estranged brother, Michael Sánchez.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brother
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The sisters try to dispose of the body and erase the evidence, but their journey reveals some deeper, darker secrets about their community.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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His sister was the family archivist and quite literally just had a box of undeveloped film.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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Guests can access the trail, meditate with the resident Buddhist monk, go whitewater rafting on the Mo Chhu river, and visit the picturesque Punakha Dzong, a centuries-old fortress.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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Balenciaga was like a monk and never left his monastery.—
James Fallon,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Trump doesn’t have very many friends on the global stage that are from the left.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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After the eighth-generation jeweler Munnu Kasliwal died in 2012, his son Siddharth took over, and today runs the business alongside his brother, cousins, and uncle.—
Gayatri Shah,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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That unusually low resonance makes nuclear clocks uniquely suited to timekeeping at the nuclear scale, and sets them apart from their atomic cousins.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
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Following the altercations, Outside spoke with a dog behavioral expert for insight into what triggers our trail comrades and how best to respond during stressful situations.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
15 Sep. 2025
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During the purges of the late 1930s, a new generation of young and ambitious politicians and officials quickly arrived to take the places of Stalin’s purged comrades.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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Starting at just 6 years old, Eid worked in the restaurant alongside his parents and siblings, learning how to perfect a kabob platter.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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With the litigation settlement, there will be no power sharing among a group of diversely opinionated siblings.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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This report contains results from surveys and population estimation methods conducted by Fish and Wildlife, Canadian Wildlife Service and numerous state and provincial partners.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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My office and our partners will continue to hold fully accountable anyone seeking to compromise the national security of the United States.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brother. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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