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as in related
having a close connection like that between family members
archaeology and the kindred science of anthropology
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as in compatible
having or marked by agreement in feeling or action
finally found people who were kindred spirits when she joined the hiking club
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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the kingdom's royal kindred actually numbers in the thousands
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Recent Examples of kindred
Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
If for some reason one of your kindred is in need of attention, be sure to step up.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024
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
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Any leakage is carried by the color-neutral pion and kindred mesons.
—Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
If for some reason one of your kindred is in need of attention, be sure to step up.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024
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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
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The is likely to be closely related to the company’s Scorpio 500, a quadcopter 18 inches across with a flight time of 15 minutes.David Hambling, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Finding other disease-causing somatic mutations in rheumatology and related specialties will take skill, cunning, and a willingness to test cells and organs throughout the body.Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Google Assistant is on hand for voice searches, but the unit is also compatible with Amazon's Alexa and Apple HomeKit.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Competitor is compatible with the Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, and Windows PCs.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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His body was recovered and his family has been notified, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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The film takes place entirely within the confines of a handsome, century-old home — the furthest the characters get is the driveway, which the camera observes anxiously through a window like a dog awaiting its family’s return.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
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Countries in Africa, Central Asia, and, to a lesser extent, Latin America found Moscow’s ability to defend an allied regime from domestic turbulence and toppling reassuring.Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
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In 1942, the United States had entered the Second World War and was facing the daunting problem of how to move massive amounts of men, munitions, and supplies across the Atlantic Ocean to Britain in the face of Germany's all-out U-boat offensive to sink as much Allied shipping as possible.David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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The verdict was a unanimous no, and by midday, the President—puffy-eyed, teary and laryngitic—met the press surrounded by his family to make his concession and his farewells.Peter Goldman, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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The tax is part of a larger new law regulating EVs, which was authored by Republicans but received near unanimous support in both the Assembly and Senate.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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In highly resource scarce communities, such as the desert tribes of the Sahara, the mineral commodity of choice was not an inert metal like gold but a compound formed by one of the most reactive metals in the periodic table – sodium.Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Embedded in the tribe’s daily customs are religious rituals that represent the Arhuacao’s spiritual connection to nature and responsibility to protect Mother Earth.Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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There is a very united consensus among us that the only thing to do is to be transparent with all of you for obvious reasons, though this is very difficult.CBS News, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
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While Republicans are largely united on extending the 2017 tax cuts, the large number of additional cuts that Trump proposed on the campaign trail is making the process more complicated.Tobias Burns, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
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As cinema, The Piano Lesson suggests that Wilson’s fears were well founded — but the stewardship of Hollywood’s Washington clan is the reason for its failure.Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
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Another story revealed that rather than joining the rest of the Kardashian clan, Khloé's family spent Christmas Eve watching the classic claymation film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Kindred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindred. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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