cognates

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A few are well-known Afroasiatic cognates, and scattered among them may be other valid cognates:

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  • His closet cognates among essayists in our language might be Guy Davenport, Cynthia Ozick and Hubert Butler. —  Anecdotal Evidence
  • A few are well-known Afroasiatic cognates, and scattered among them may be other valid cognates: —  Jabal al-Lughat
  • Chinese whispers created the Indus and its cognates - India, Hindu, Indies. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • The in debt and doubt was inserted to reflect Latin cognates like debit and dubitable. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Your cognates are giving you trouble here, which is understandable, given English's promiscuous history. —  reddit.com: what's new online!
 

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