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cousin

[kuhz-uhn] / ˈkʌz ən /
NOUN
family relation
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Catsimatidis even hired one of WABC’s legendary disc jockeys, Bruce Morrow — known to millions of baby boomers as Cousin Brucie.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Cousin Island provided an ideal natural setting for this long-term study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

“Pre-Thanksgiving-Dinner Cousin Walk,” one Instagram ad for Jif peanut butter read last year over a picture of a guy holding open his jacket with a Jif squeeze pouch tucked inside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

"Cousin marriage is an important cultural practice in many parts of the world, and legislation should be sensitive to the social and familial values that underlie it."

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

“Sarah Pocket,” returned Cousin Raymond, “if a man is not his own neighbour, who is?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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