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cousin

[kuhz-uhn] / ˈkʌz ən /
NOUN
family relation
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Notice it has been acting better than its crypto cousin Ethereum on the ratio chart against the Grayscale Ethereum Stalking ETF since last summer.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

“I had a cousin that worked at the dentist that’d make me get up and sing after my appointments.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Over a dinner of noodles made from fish and sweet-potato powder, a local delicacy, my grandfather’s aged cousin raised a glass of homemade rice wine to me: “Come home often.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

His cousin, Joseph Shabalala, founded Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1960 and eventually asked Mazibuko to join.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

His obsession with personal honesty was a cousin to his obsession with fairness.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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