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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Cherry is so used to being called Bear that only his immediate family calls him Jeremiah.
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
For Dowd, honest conversations with her mom this year instilled in her the importance of discussing her own wishes with her immediate family.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
And the only people allowed to go in there would be the immediate family.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Shannon, now the last surviving member of her immediate family, hopes that renewed attention to the case will push Army CID and federal prosecutors to act, and that someone who served with Dale in Germany might still come forward with information.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
For Dowd, honest conversations with her mom this year instilled in her the importance of discussing her own wishes with her immediate family.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
And the only people allowed to go in there would be the immediate family.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Shannon, now the last surviving member of her immediate family, hopes that renewed attention to the case will push Army CID and federal prosecutors to act, and that someone who served with Dale in Germany might still come forward with information.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 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 13 Nov. 2025.
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