fraternal

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When community members aren’t arguing, the vibe is generally extremely supportive and fraternal.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

After the two wed and have their first child, Agnes becomes pregnant with fraternal twins, a boy and a girl.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

The fraternal gathering of men, costumed in Jérôme Kaplan’s chic, postmodern take on toga-party garb, is vividly spurred by Bernstein’s evocative composition—for strings, percussion and solo violin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

That kind of fraternal family dynamic was something that Ronan Day-Lewis was keen to explore, when writing the script with his father.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

We’re fraternal twins, of course, but we look very much alike, with dark eyes and hair that we got from our mother.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson