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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And the only people allowed to go in there would be the immediate family.
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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
Spanberger has also received 15 donations worth over $50,000 from billionaires and their immediate family members, whereas Earle-Sears has only accepted nine such contributions.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
For a time, McKesson said, the university also appeared to be mediating conversations between Peete’s victims and his immediate family.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
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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
Spanberger has also received 15 donations worth over $50,000 from billionaires and their immediate family members, whereas Earle-Sears has only accepted nine such contributions.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
For a time, McKesson said, the university also appeared to be mediating conversations between Peete’s victims and his immediate family.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 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 8 Nov. 2025.
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