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brethren

[breth-rin] / ˈbrɛð rɪn /
NOUN
male sibling
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But in the penultimate episode, Blunt and Sheen stumbled on to a theory that the quiet contestants were more suspicious than their outspoken brethren.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Katie: The stop-motion animators I spoke to are unsurprisingly rather thrilled, although they’re conscious that their brethren at 2D and CGI studios are really struggling with the onset of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Historically, when this gap has been in the top quintile, it’s led to an average 7.5% outperformance over the following year for higher-quality stocks over their lower-quality brethren.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

After bidding a hearty olé to my literary brethren, I reach Café Gijón, outside the bounds of Las Letras, but not its spirit.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

It was said they were brethren and sistren, each tasked to watch over a particular piece of the world—the skies, seas, jungles, deserts, mountains, and realm of the dead.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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