daughter-in-law
noun
daugh·ter-in-law
ˈdȯ-tər-in-ˌlȯ 
ˈdȯ-tərn-
plural daughters-in-law
ˈdȯ-tər-zin-ˌlȯ
: the wife of one's son or daughter
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Her Volumnia bellows at her meek daughter-in-law, Virgilia (Justine Faith) as though reprimanding an incompetent private.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Her daughter-in-law Kate Middleton now wears the sparkler after Prince William used it to propose back in 2010.
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Emma Banks,
InStyle,
1 July 2026
Connaughton is survived by his wife of 57 years, Margaret Carol Cobb; his son, John Connaughton, and daughter-in-law, Susan Connaughton; as well as his grandson, Dominic Connaughton, all of Chapel Hill, according to his obituary.
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Chase Jordan
july 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2026
Nearby sits a family of Chaldean Christians exiled from Iraq—an anxious archeologist, his pregnant radiologist wife, and his imperious mother, who bought a bulletproof Maybach to transport her daughter-in-law to the hospital for the delivery.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Her daughter-in-law Kate Middleton now wears the sparkler after Prince William used it to propose back in 2010.
—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
1 July 2026
Connaughton is survived by his wife of 57 years, Margaret Carol Cobb; his son, John Connaughton, and daughter-in-law, Susan Connaughton; as well as his grandson, Dominic Connaughton, all of Chapel Hill, according to his obituary.
—
Chase Jordan
july 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2026
Nearby sits a family of Chaldean Christians exiled from Iraq—an anxious archeologist, his pregnant radiologist wife, and his imperious mother, who bought a bulletproof Maybach to transport her daughter-in-law to the hospital for the delivery.
—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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