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cousin

[kuhz-uhn] / ˈkʌz ən /
NOUN
family relation
Synonyms


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"My grandmother and my auntie used to tell me that he's a cousin of the family. Cause you know, it's a very small island, Corsica."

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Ma Moe San Pan's cousin worked at the local ward administration office, and she asked him to bring her husband back.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Lowe is the brother of “St. Elmo’s Fire” actor Rob Lowe, whose youngest son paid tribute to his late cousin after her death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

FlyDubai is the discount cousin to the United Arab Emirates’ prestige long-haul airline, Emirates, whose brand adorns stadiums and the jerseys of European soccer teams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Did you really write that song for my cousin Hannah?

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Many Mexican Americans, including my cousins and me, consider family members raised in Mexico to be immigrants, even if they were born in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Maya Low was introduced to ice hockey by her Canadian cousins before she picked up a stick herself at the age of 15.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

But jet fuel and diesel are the kissing cousins of the energy world, both coming from the same middle-distillate group at the refining stage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

It did not make sense to me that only children had aunts, uncles, and cousins.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

My aunts and uncles and cousins were congratulating me on the drawings I made for the sides of the obelisk.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman


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