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brethren

[breth-rin] / ˈbrɛð rɪn /
NOUN
male sibling
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But in the penultimate episode, Blunt and Sheen stumbled on to a theory that the quiet contestants were more suspicious than their outspoken brethren.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

To most people, Bored Apes and their nonfungible token brethren, such as Pudgy Penguins and CryptoPunks, are a curiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Historically, when this gap has been in the top quintile, it’s led to an average 7.5% outperformance over the following year for higher-quality stocks over their lower-quality brethren.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

After bidding a hearty olé to my literary brethren, I reach Café Gijón, outside the bounds of Las Letras, but not its spirit.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

That age-old weakness of brethren you always root out and you always use.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee


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