: a relative by marriage

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Miller told the jury that Scott drove Serafini to the Tahoe City area, dropping him off a few miles north of his in-laws’ home. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025 Maybe your in-laws are making subtle digs at you over dinner. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025 That bittersweet tension between love and tradition provides the film’s emotional core as well as its very title, as Nan tries to endear herself to her former in-laws and differentiate herself from other ghosts by providing a sense of utility. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 May 2025 To me, the larger issue is that Jen seems equally afraid of her husband and confrontation, so small miscommunications snowball out of control, not that Jen hasn’t yet done a full Ancestry.com on her in-laws. Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for in-law

Word History

Etymology

mother-in-law, etc.

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of in-law was in 1894

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“In-law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-law. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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in-law

noun
ˈin-ˌlȯ
: a relative by marriage

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