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brethren

[breth-rin] / ˈbrɛð rɪn /
NOUN
male sibling
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But in the penultimate episode, Blunt and Sheen stumbled on to a theory that the quiet contestants were more suspicious than their outspoken brethren.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Historically, when this gap has been in the top quintile, it’s led to an average 7.5% outperformance over the following year for higher-quality stocks over their lower-quality brethren.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

After bidding a hearty olé to my literary brethren, I reach Café Gijón, outside the bounds of Las Letras, but not its spirit.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

As they grew, these companies became far larger than the rest of their small and midsize brethren, so their continued gains gave an outsize boost to the indexes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Annabeth went to join her brethren from the Athena cabin, who had set up a command tent and were directing operations.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan


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