kith

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Recent Examples of kith Timothy Treadwell, an environmentalist and a filmmaker who lived with brown bears in Alaska for thirteen summers, loved the bears, thought of them as his friends, his kith and his kin. Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023 They were being held to the same standards as the rest of the world, forced to confront political realities that were previously beyond their kith. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2020 All familiar sights around Christmas, when the social obligations of the festive season draw people together with their kith and kin. Elisabeth Blagrove, Quartz, 25 Dec. 2019 According to Ms Debos, the need for France’s intervention showed that some high-ranking officers were unwilling to fight their kith and kin among the rebels. The Economist, 18 July 2019 Although Edward IV had the Lancastrian King Henry VI secretly murdered in the Tower in 1471, to close off the enemy dynasty, Richard couldn’t get away with the same thing with his own kith and kin 12 years later. Andrew Roberts, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kith
Noun
  • Of the more than 250 possible primate species, Dr. Woodcock selected chimpanzees, our closest genomic kin, to mimic the Bard.
    Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The article included other remarks related to Carter’s faith — such as the importance of the separation of church and state, a conviction born of Carter’s Southern Baptist upbringing — but the adultery comment opened a rift with Carter’s kin in Christ.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The French researchers, working with another team in Montreal, Canada, identified a specific problem mutation in this kindred.
    Markham Heid, Time, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Hellboy and his team face an underworld prince who plans to awaken a lethal army and use it to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred.
    Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • Around $900 billion, the single largest provision in the bill, was intended to support households through direct payments and other transfers.
    Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
  • In the meantime, to keep your household safe, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and LG shared a few safety rules-of-thumb to prevent kitchen fires.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2025

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“Kith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kith. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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