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 ceremony was attended by Summer’s husband, Bruce Sudano, their daughters Brooklyn Sudano and Amanda Sudano Ramirez, Summer’s close friends and immediate family, and members of the SHOF West Coast Events Committee.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
And even in my immediate family, the long arm of exposure left its wake quiet, complicated, and impossible to fully trace.
—New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
While bridal showers were historically thrown by aunts, cousins, and friends rather than the bride’s immediate family members, the rules have relaxed—and for good reason.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
The agency has also revoked visas and imposed travel restrictions on six Mexican executives who worked at an air travel company, along with their immediate family members.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
And even in my immediate family, the long arm of exposure left its wake quiet, complicated, and impossible to fully trace.
—New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
While bridal showers were historically thrown by aunts, cousins, and friends rather than the bride’s immediate family members, the rules have relaxed—and for good reason.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
The agency has also revoked visas and imposed travel restrictions on six Mexican executives who worked at an air travel company, along with their immediate family members.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 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 18 Dec. 2025.
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