immediate family
noun
: a person's parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children
Hospital visits are limited to immediate family.
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For the first time in the event’s 75-year history, the ceremony will focus specifically on recognizing the sacrifice of Gold Star Families: those who have lost an immediate family member in military service.
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Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Common examples of reasonable cause include death or serious illness of the taxpayer or an immediate family member, natural disasters, and reliance on a tax professional.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Though immediate family members may never present symptoms, their children could, giving the disease risk a generational impact.
—Lauren B. Solberg, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Your cousin and her dad are the immediate family of Auntie B.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 3 May 2025
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Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Common examples of reasonable cause include death or serious illness of the taxpayer or an immediate family member, natural disasters, and reliance on a tax professional.
—Matthew Roberts, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Though immediate family members may never present symptoms, their children could, giving the disease risk a generational impact.
—Lauren B. Solberg, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Your cousin and her dad are the immediate family of Auntie B.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 3 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for immediate family
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“Immediate family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immediate%20family. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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