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Recent Examples of extended family
Living in a crowded, old, and uninsulated Lincoln Heights apartment with his extended family, Perez is tired of waiting for help.
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Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
And then the others are the sort of extended family of longtime money — there's many examples of all of that.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The 10 people who lived there, a mix of extended family members and a pair of housemates, are all originally from Honduras and hold varying immigration statuses.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Schoolteacher Suleman Khan lost 25 members of his extended family.
—Muhammad Sajjad, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for extended family
Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
And then the others are the sort of extended family of longtime money — there's many examples of all of that.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The 10 people who lived there, a mix of extended family members and a pair of housemates, are all originally from Honduras and hold varying immigration statuses.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Schoolteacher Suleman Khan lost 25 members of his extended family.
—Muhammad Sajjad, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for extended family
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extended family
Noun
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Singles who live alone and technically count as households often have more disposable income.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The monitor provides a monthly look into whether an area’s median-income household can afford a median-price home.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The house is haunted by a family of farmers that lived and died on the land, murdered horribly by the patriarch of the family, but really, the problem is the demon that controls the mirror and its dark reflections.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The couple still live in separate houses but eat dinner together most nights.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Extended family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extended%20family. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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