immediate family

noun

: a person's parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children

Hospital visits are limited to immediate family.

Examples of immediate family in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the majority of those complaints did not involve immediate family members working in the same office — or in the direct chain of command — of a senior San Diego city official. —Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024

Per The New York Times, no immediate family members survive Paige. —Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024

An emergency, such as a car accident, health issue or death of an immediate family member, prevented them from showing up in court. —Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024

People can be put on the list via a court order, at their own request, or the request of a concerned member of their immediate family. —Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024

Now that the onetime single mother is nearing retirement, her focus has shifted from caring for her immediate family to having a broader awareness of the wider world. —Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2024

Employees and immediate family members of Essence Communications Inc. and its affiliates are ineligible, ensuring that the sweepstakes is open to the wider festival audience. —Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 May 2024

The measure would prohibit someone from knowingly and willfully making a threat to harm an election official or an immediate family member of an election official, because of the election official’s role in administering the election process. —Brian Witte, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024

My sister and her new husband just sent an email to our immediate family, more or less berating us for not giving them more — or larger — gifts. —Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024