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cousin

[kuhz-uhn] / ˈkʌz ən /
NOUN
family relation
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Notice it has been acting better than its crypto cousin Ethereum on the ratio chart against the Grayscale Ethereum Stalking ETF since last summer.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

I’d heard stories of what they’d done to a distant cousin of mine, who had to flee his home after his second child was born.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“Inglewood PD, we need answers, and Mayor Butts, you need to do better,” said Bostic’s cousin Talia Castillo.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Over a dinner of noodles made from fish and sweet-potato powder, a local delicacy, my grandfather’s aged cousin raised a glass of homemade rice wine to me: “Come home often.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

She giggles, pleased to know more than her older cousin.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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