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[ilk] / ɪlk /


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Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the first supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was in the ilk of the reformists.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Americans don’t like inflation of any ilk, but it is back in the 2% to 3% range, and that has been just fine.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

They’ve been making him bundles but represent an ilk with which he can no longer be associated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Oliveros’ deep listening and that of other composers of her environmental ilk, particularly the atmospherically ethereal sound worlds of Annea Lockwood, were made for Ojai.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

C. J. said, “We have to be very concerned and very puckered if it is of the same ilk as Ebola.”

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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