kin
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Officers are working to identify the next of kin.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
How does one go about helping a very elderly man who has only me as his next of kin?
From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026
Identities of the deceased service members will be withheld for 24 hours after next of kin is informed.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
A local magistrate ordered that the bodies be handed over to the Iranian embassy in Colombo for repatriation to the next of kin.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
I buried my face in the clothes for the scent of my mother, but of course they came from some American child who’s no kin to us.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing kin
It's All in the Family
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Bud, Not Buddy
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