kinfolk
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Of course, like most Americans, we were paying no attention whatsoever to developments in Sudan before the fighting started — and before we learned that our own kinfolk were in danger.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2023
In many ways, the relationship between these kinfolk communities is mutually beneficial and harmonious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
And it all started in those early years with her inclination to view trees as kinfolk.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
Even if my kinfolk had made it to the Washington College campus, I don’t think a fine old time would have been waiting.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2021
Shusgis? house was a whole island, housing over a hundred employees, domestic servants, clerks, technical advisers, and so on, but no relatives, no kinfolk.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing kinfolk
The Classical Period, c. 600 BCE to c. 600 CE
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2.1: Classical Empires in East Asia (Sources 1–8)
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The Only Black Girls in Town
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