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Recent Examples of kinship The obsession with lineage is at odds with the solidarity of the Middle Passage, which created new forms of kinship. Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 David Lowery takes the few elements that worked—mainly the special kinship between a boy and a dragon—and injects his own unique vision into the proceedings. Barry Levitt, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025 The kinship was so vibrant that Anderson was inspired to alter the original ending of Martin’s stories. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025 Unable to fully process the pangs of rejection, Buck decides to write a play based on their early kinship and enlists the help of Beverly (Lupe Ontiveros) to stage the production at a local community theater in order to win Chuck’s affection. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kinship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinship
Noun
  • Williams never fussed about it, though and his relationships with many in the organization weren’t overly affected.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2025
  • But tensions developed in their relationship, especially when people from Teotihuacán started to move into the area around Tikal.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Social cafes, team neighborhoods, writable walls, project zones, and quiet retreat areas all play a role in creating an environment that prioritizes human connection over digital efficiency.
    Ryan Anderson, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • During the program’s first 15 years, its officers were involved in a wide swath of epidemiological investigations in areas including lead paint exposure, a cancer cluster’s connection to birth defects, family planning practices and famine relief.
    Casey Luc, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But for Rodgers – who ran his best time in the two-mile his senior year at Wesleyan then stopped running – the association would pay off down the road.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Brick Oliver, representing the homeowners association for the Cadence at Bainbridge, the development’s 55 and over community, said Thursday that 98% of respondents to the association’s survey opposed the In-N-Out.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Preacher Boy shows off his heavenly voice and affinity for jazz music, but his father, an actual preacher, rebukes the genre as the devil’s music, like most good Christians did back then.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Search results that factor in individual shopper preferences – such as brand affinity, size, fit, price range, and past purchase history – yield double the clickthrough rate of less personalized results.
    Andrea Wasserman, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On Results Some companies may not see a direct correlation between hiring coaches and the impact on their business results.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Lottery officials said there is a clear correlation between bigger jackpots and higher sales, but not everyone who plays is swayed by the bigger pots.
    Scott McFetridge, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Kinship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinship. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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