cousin
Example Sentences
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His brief first marriage was to a Hollywood actress; his, second, more lasting, to a cousin of Ginger Rogers.
In recent weeks, commodity-trading advisers, or CTAs—cousins of hedge funds trained to follow trends—have chased prices higher, traders say.
“Oh, let’s see…this week my sister put her phone through the dishwasher, my mom lost all her passwords, and a Norwegian prince wanted to leave his fortune to my cousin.”
From Literature
This scene made me think of the time I asked my cousin — a resident of a small town in Illinois similar to Benton — if he was on Instagram, and he answered, “I don’t think so.”
From Salon
And they always come alone, which means I no longer get to spend time with my little cousin Miriam, who is Raquel’s daughter.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
