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cousin

noun as in family relation

Strongest match

Weak match

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Owen’s elders—his aging American cousins, maybe once-removed—had a good year.

"My cousin Owen and friend Lucy are both alive because of the hospital and charity," Faye said.

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“What I remember about Claire was how important family was to her and how close she was with my mother and the other cousins,” Peck said.

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Stein is survived by his wife, son Gary Stein, daughter Darolyn Bellemeur, and their spouses, children and grandchildren, his brother Ira Stein, a nephew, cousins as well as Connie Stein’s children and grandchildren.

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In the article, Schlossberg mentioned the Kennedy family’s dilemma over controversial positions taken by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., her mother’s cousin.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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