brethren
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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
Yes, the big four—JPMorgan Chase, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America—are still formidable, but in many cases they’ve been eclipsed, particularly as compensation-making machines, by their private-market brethren and their multigenerational wealth-creating fee structures.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
Maybe you’re learning how to work more efficiently with the aid of ChatGPT and its robotic brethren.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 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
Abraham Maslow, I present to you Augustus Waters, whose existential curiosity dwarfed that of his well-fed, well-loved, healthy brethren.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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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