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brother

[bruhth-er, bruhth-ur] / ˈbrʌð ər, ˈbrʌðˈɜr /
NOUN
male sibling
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“I hope your soul is at rest and that you’ve found peace. You are my brother and you will be missed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

My older brother has since named me executor of his will and designated me as his sole beneficiary.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Seventeen-year-old Rachel has cared for her younger brother Reuben for seven years.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Do I tell her that my brother named me his sole beneficiary?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Above the fireplace is a family portrait: Joseph, his younger brother, and a pretty blond woman who must be his mother.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

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

It was said they were brethren and sistren, each tasked to watch over a particular piece of the world—the skies, seas, jungles, deserts, mountains, and realm of the dead.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Britpop's one-time feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis -- who recently announced a 2027 world tour -- also declined to make the trip.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

“Christian and his twin brother, Joseph ‘Joey’ Cousins, are my brothers through my biological father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

It’s 1986 and two brothers launch a business advising the companies along this polluted waterfront on how to come into legal environmental compliance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star in a gripping, beautifully crafted movie about two brothers who become entangled with the Russian mob.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Too many men from our community were killed in the Turkish War of Independence—husbands, fathers, uncles, brothers, sons, cousins.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar


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