brethren
Example Sentences
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Our chickens, on the other hand, are treated abominably, packed in tightly with their germy brethren, raised in squalor, pumped with hormones, and only made clean at the end.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
Even as its Big Tech brethren collect AI equipment, Apple is sticking to its rather asset-light ways.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
The league, as leagues do, will maintain this is still an emerging business that cannot approach the finances of the NBA and its brethren.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Thanks to AI, remote work and flexible work arrangements, many older, non-ESG compliant office buildings have fewer tenants, unlike their Class A brethren.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025
A.M. said, “That monster made an offer that many of our brethren couldn’t refuse. Clock Watchers need something to do. When time is frozen, there aren’t many options.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Vocabulary lists containing brethren
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
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