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[kin] / kɪn /


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They are collecting samples from the 230,000 unidentified graves as well as conducting DNA analysis on 18,000 samples of remains and setting up a genetic database of their next of kin.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The list of 106 names, including six men, appears on the investigation website, external asking next of kin to contact the solicitors to the inquests Higgs LLP.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Her significant shareholding power was spread to her children and their kin upon her death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Marine Band could offer its kin moral support by playing in the background Ives’ mysteriously transcendental “Unanswered Question.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Ise comin. You go on and git dat car and wait now,” she says, “so you kin cahy her to school.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner


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