kin

Example Sentences

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How does one go about helping a very elderly man who has only me as his next of kin?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

Identities of the deceased service members will be withheld for 24 hours after next of kin is informed.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

A local magistrate ordered that the bodies be handed over to the Iranian embassy in Colombo for repatriation to the next of kin.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

A spokesperson said the victim's next of kin was being supported by family liaison officers.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Might she have been some distant kin of someone I haggled with on market days?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver