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brethren

[breth-rin] / ˈbrɛð rɪn /
NOUN
male sibling
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Even with recent gains, value stocks remain incredibly cheap compared with their growth brethren.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 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

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

‘I do this for the good of the legion, for the good of Rome. We must stand together with our Greek brethren!’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan



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