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Recent Examples of in-law
Two years after her death, her son King Charles and her granddaughter-in-law Kate Middleton announced their cancer diagnoses.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2025
Is there tension in the in-law political leanings?
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Patterson’s mother and father in-law plus mother in-law’s sister died.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
An essential item with a personalized touch that any in-law will love to add to their yoga or gym bag.
—Madeleine Bokan Thares, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2025
Is there tension in the in-law political leanings?
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Patterson’s mother and father in-law plus mother in-law’s sister died.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
An essential item with a personalized touch that any in-law will love to add to their yoga or gym bag.
—Madeleine Bokan Thares, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for in-law
Noun
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For example, for a family of three paying $22,000 annual premiums with a $21,000 deductible is essentially paying mortgage on an expensive non-existent house.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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In her eight years practicing family law, Jackie Combs has helped her clients navigate many divorces.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Dream and Tatum then shared an adorable moment as Dream hugged her younger cousin and held his hand.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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For starters, the Giants and Steelers are close NFL cousins with founding fathers who were among the league’s first guardians.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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Namely, going after the drug traffickers themselves by raiding Mexican cartel trap houses and robbing their mules, using equipment borrowed from their parents including night-vision goggles and beanbag shotguns.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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The film ends with Dek standing alongside Thia and Bud, his new clan, as a large, menacing Yautja ship appears on the horizon.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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Some of the Kardashian-Jenner clan of course—including sisters Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner—as well as fellow A-list stars such as Mariah Carey, Oprah Winfrey, Justin and Hailey Bieber, Sarah Paulson, Teyana Taylor and countless others.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The campaign reprises and expands the concept of the collection’s look book images unveiled earlier this year, which saw Michele’s tribe pictured on a bed, mainly sleeping but also occasionally playing the guitar, doing a crossword puzzle, taking selfies or having a snack.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Federal land isn’t taxable, and the government holds most reservation land in trust for Native tribes, so it can’t be taxed, either.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Todd Covington, a Kansas City Fire Department battalion chief, is seeking unspecified monetary damages for allegations of race discrimination and retaliation, according to a Jackson County court petition .—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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But last Sunday’s race was made even better because the strategies from all the front-running drivers diverged.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Directed by Alicia Núñez Puerto, the short interweaves migration, past history and menstruation, presenting lineage as something carried across oceans and generations.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Breakker, real name Bronson Rechsteiner, is the son of Rick Steiner and nephew of Scott Steiner, giving him that wrestling lineage.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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“In-law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in-law. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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