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Recent Examples of extended family
Happily Ever After fireworks display as an extended family.
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Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
The settlement ends an extended family battle, which took place largely behind closed doors in Nevada, and Lachlan and the family patriarch, Rupert Murdoch, sought to secure control of the powerful media companies that were effectively owned by the family trust.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Most of us are supporting more than just ourselves – kids, elderly parents, sometimes extended family too.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Sep. 2025
Unlike our billionaire rankings, this list includes family fortunes, including those shared among extended families such as that of Kwek Leng Beng and his cousins.
—Jane Ho, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
The settlement ends an extended family battle, which took place largely behind closed doors in Nevada, and Lachlan and the family patriarch, Rupert Murdoch, sought to secure control of the powerful media companies that were effectively owned by the family trust.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Most of us are supporting more than just ourselves – kids, elderly parents, sometimes extended family too.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Sep. 2025
Unlike our billionaire rankings, this list includes family fortunes, including those shared among extended families such as that of Kwek Leng Beng and his cousins.
—Jane Ho, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extended family
Noun
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Sabres goalie Alex Lyon had about as much chance of stopping the shot as an extra-large pepperoni and bacon stood of surviving a Friday night in the Kloke household.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Based on an earlier analysis of the new tax law by the nonpartisan think tank, Tax Policy Center, all income groups on average benefit from the tax cuts, but high-income households benefit the most.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Earlier in the day, Kardashian was spotted attending the All's Fair premiere in Paris wearing a baby blue vintage Dior by John Galliano gown from the house's Spring/Summer 2000 collection.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Seriously, the answers are like, not all that far from her house.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Extended family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extended%20family. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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