brethren
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Our chickens, on the other hand, are treated abominably, packed in tightly with their germy brethren, raised in squalor, pumped with hormones, and only made clean at the end.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
Yes, the big four—JPMorgan Chase, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America—are still formidable, but in many cases they’ve been eclipsed, particularly as compensation-making machines, by their private-market brethren and their multigenerational wealth-creating fee structures.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
The league, as leagues do, will maintain this is still an emerging business that cannot approach the finances of the NBA and its brethren.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
In 1888, when it was already of Social Security age, the newest landowner, a Mr. Saunders, moved it and two of its brethren to ornament the entrance to the Southern Pacific’s Arcade train depot.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
Annabeth went to join her brethren from the Athena cabin, who had set up a command tent and were directing operations.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing brethren
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
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