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Discover LudwigThe phrase "close cousin" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to people or things that are similar but not exactly the same. For example, "Singing and dancing are close cousins; they both involve performance."
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But fragments of a close cousin remain.
Let's say that I have -- It is a close cousin.
Bees are probably a close cousin, as well.
Lillet stands in for its close cousin, dry vermouth.
VHDL enjoys widespread popularity among designers in the industry and with its close cousin, Verilog.
Fall is a rumor here, a close cousin to summer.
The second movement was scale, a close cousin of efficiency.
"And then the hammerhead, and its close cousin, the watermelon".
Aquaponics, and its close cousin Hydroponics, both have endured a wave of criticism and praise.
We are more familiar with its close cousin the black cutworm.
In Lybrido, this inner pill is a close cousin of Viagra.
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