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brother

[bruhth-er, bruhth-ur] / ˈbrʌð ər, ˈbrʌðˈɜr /
NOUN
male sibling
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He is survived by his wife, Helen Berlant; daughter, comedian Kate Berlant; and brother, Jeff Berlant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

According to her brother, she wanted the possessions to "have remained with her family and we would never have sold".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

These two unions and her later, long-term relationship with Chavez’s brother, Richard, would produce 11 children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

His youngest brother, Jair Renan, 28, was elected a lawmaker for the same city.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

He would tell everyone proudly that he was the only one who could handle the elephant, that his older brother could not manage her at all, and certainly not his sister.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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

Even with recent gains, value stocks remain incredibly cheap compared with their growth brethren.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

Although many crashed or collided with robot brethren, Lightning avoided a serious mishap and crossed the finish line in 50 minutes, 26 seconds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

“Apparently,” he said, “apparently our brethren in the Northland are not content merely with the Supreme Court’s activities. They are now trying to change our hymns on us.”

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

Before they moved to Nashville, though, the brothers grew up helping out with their dad’s plumbing business in the late 1990s in the small fishing town of Deale, Md.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“John and TJ don’t make corporate country music,” says Ashley McBryde, who’s collaborated repeatedly with the brothers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Earlier on Monday, senior government security officials said Jordanian security forces had arrested two brothers and their brother-in-law over the church attack.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

On my way in for Game 2, I ran into brothers Rick, 74, and John Chandler, 71, who’d grown up in nearby Elm Grove.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

See Father and Caesar, at a table, pleased, joyful like brothers.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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