as in households
those who live as a family in one house
their extended family includes a grandmother and widowed aunt
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As a result, many working-class Korean and Latino immigrant households lived side by side and often confronted similar challenges, including substandard housing conditions, landlord abuses and underfunded public schools.
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Spread throughout nine Michigan communities, the projects will serve a variety of housing needs, including permanent housing for low-income households, workforce housing, and tribal housing.
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The country is a top cultivator and exporter of greenhouse tomatoes (Mexico, China, Canada, the United States and Spain are the other power-green houses in this space, with an annual market of ~$10B growing to ~$16B by 2030).
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Beach houses are the way to stay in Edisto; book one big enough to sleep the entire family and make memories to last a lifetime.
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“Extended families.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extended%20families. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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