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- noun Plural form of
kinship .
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Examples
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But it was probably without much difficulty, given their close linguistic kinships, that the clusters of West Germanic languages sporadically evolved into what would become the earliest manifestations of English.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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He would now witness thousands of fire-new terms flowing generously into the lexicon that he had augmented and renewed, and would probably recognize some kinships between the fast-growing English vocabulary of his world and of ours.xvii
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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But it was probably without much difficulty, given their close linguistic kinships, that the clusters of West Germanic languages sporadically evolved into what would become the earliest manifestations of English.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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He would now witness thousands of fire-new terms flowing generously into the lexicon that he had augmented and renewed, and would probably recognize some kinships between the fast-growing English vocabulary of his world and of ours.xvii
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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So it is a strange thing that men who are schooled by evolution to relate themselves to all that exists, and to seek for new kinships, should lament that there is no new thing under the sun.
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As far as she had been able to tell, Khleevi didn't appear to form emotional attachments, friendships, or kinships of any personal significance to them.
Massage 2010
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Will the future corporate kinships of EnnisKnupp affect its perception of fierce independence so strong the firm in 2008 won a contract to help the U.S.
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She spoke of “kinships”, people in her life who were critical at some stage, and that after personal growth to another stage, there is no way you just “cut ties to them without cutting yourself”.
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The theory posits that humans have an economic view of social kinships, which means we weigh the quantifiable benefits and costs before entering into new relationships.
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"His kinships are across the political spectrum," Child said.
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