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Recent Examples of kith
Timothy Treadwell, an environmentalist and a filmmaker who lived with brown bears in Alaska for thirteen summers, loved the bears, thought of them as his friends, his kith and his kin.
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
They were being held to the same standards as the rest of the world, forced to confront political realities that were previously beyond their kith.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2020
All familiar sights around Christmas, when the social obligations of the festive season draw people together with their kith and kin.
—Elisabeth Blagrove, Quartz, 25 Dec. 2019
According to Ms Debos, the need for France’s intervention showed that some high-ranking officers were unwilling to fight their kith and kin among the rebels.
—The Economist, 18 July 2019
Although Edward IV had the Lancastrian King Henry VI secretly murdered in the Tower in 1471, to close off the enemy dynasty, Richard couldn’t get away with the same thing with his own kith and kin 12 years later.
—Andrew Roberts, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
They were being held to the same standards as the rest of the world, forced to confront political realities that were previously beyond their kith.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2020
All familiar sights around Christmas, when the social obligations of the festive season draw people together with their kith and kin.
—Elisabeth Blagrove, Quartz, 25 Dec. 2019
According to Ms Debos, the need for France’s intervention showed that some high-ranking officers were unwilling to fight their kith and kin among the rebels.
—The Economist, 18 July 2019
Although Edward IV had the Lancastrian King Henry VI secretly murdered in the Tower in 1471, to close off the enemy dynasty, Richard couldn’t get away with the same thing with his own kith and kin 12 years later.
—Andrew Roberts, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kith
Noun
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To build the model with dimorphism, the team followed the size differences of alligators, the T. rex’s modern-day kin.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
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Liam Payne left his kin with a big inheritance before his death.Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The French researchers, working with another team in Montreal, Canada, identified a specific problem mutation in this kindred.Markham Heid, Time, 6 Dec. 2022
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Hellboy and his team face an underworld prince who plans to awaken a lethal army and use it to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred.Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
Noun
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And then more broadly, changing public-housing and housing-choice-voucher rules in order to punish households where immigrants reside.Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2024
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The filing also details various financial agreements, including a credit facility agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPM) Vital Farms continues to focus on expanding its product offerings and increasing household penetration in the retail and foodservice channels.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Kith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kith. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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