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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President Donald Trump's administration has revoked visas for Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his court allies, as well as their immediate family members, escalating a diplomatic dispute over the prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
The sanctions mean the three, along with their immediate family members, will be prohibited from traveling to the United States.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2025
The current path to legal status is very narrow, and mostly pertains to people with immediate family already in the United States, asylum-seekers and victims of crime.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
Dear Eric: My daughter got married a year ago and decided to have a wedding with immediate family members only, due to the huge family on the groom’s side (the wedding was still about 100 people).
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
The sanctions mean the three, along with their immediate family members, will be prohibited from traveling to the United States.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2025
The current path to legal status is very narrow, and mostly pertains to people with immediate family already in the United States, asylum-seekers and victims of crime.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
Dear Eric: My daughter got married a year ago and decided to have a wedding with immediate family members only, due to the huge family on the groom’s side (the wedding was still about 100 people).
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 28 June 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 23 Jul. 2025.
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