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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The ban also extends to their immediate family members.
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Carrie Kahn, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Investigators used the technology to determine hairs found on several of the victims belonged to Heuermann or someone in his immediate family, court records show.
—Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Fernandes Anderson doled out a $13,000 bonus to one of her Council staffers, a relative but not an immediate family member, on the condition that $7,000 be kicked back to her.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Obeid had responsibility for more than just his immediate family, made up of Doaa and five children.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
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Carrie Kahn, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Investigators used the technology to determine hairs found on several of the victims belonged to Heuermann or someone in his immediate family, court records show.
—Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Fernandes Anderson doled out a $13,000 bonus to one of her Council staffers, a relative but not an immediate family member, on the condition that $7,000 be kicked back to her.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Obeid had responsibility for more than just his immediate family, made up of Doaa and five children.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 17 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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