extended families

noun

plural of extended family
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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  1. households
  2. houses
Noun
  • In August 2021, Qatar signed another agreement committing $40 million to a cash assistance program that would give nearly 100,000 Palestinian households $100 per month for four months.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Limiting it to households with wealth under $500,000 — about 70% of Americans — cuts that to $190 billion.
    — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of households
Noun
  • There’s nothing more calming than watching people try to redo their houses into the home of their dreams.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The man in question was Jean-Louis Dumas, then the chief executive of Hermès, and the sixth generation of family leadership in the most vaunted of French luxury houses.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of houses
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