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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After learning of the life-threatening condition, Fishel had planned to only tell her husband, Jensen Karp, and immediate family, but eventually decided to share the news publicly.
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
Apart from immediate family, no one really knew where Mack was.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
Dear Eric: Ever since the pandemic started, a few relatives have chosen to distance themselves from the rest of my immediate family.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
Tough decision, but a decision where my immediate family needed me.
—Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2024
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
Apart from immediate family, no one really knew where Mack was.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
Dear Eric: Ever since the pandemic started, a few relatives have chosen to distance themselves from the rest of my immediate family.
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
Tough decision, but a decision where my immediate family needed me.
—Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2024
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“Immediate family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immediate%20family. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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