Thesaurus results for IN-LAW

in-law

noun

Definition of in-law

as in family

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Recent Examples of in-law If the in-law requests keep coming, try to come up with a compromise your partner can live with. — Margaret Renkl, Parents, 23 July 2026 Merzbacher, who generated his fortune through a fur business and currency trading, gained many of the artworks in his possession through his grandfather-in-law, Bernhard Mayer. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026 ADUs, also known as in-law units or granny flats, typically have up to 1,200 square feet of living space and must include a kitchen sink, cooking appliance and separate bathroom. — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 Hidden among the sea of Algerian green and Austrian red was Merzouk Toumert, in attendance with his sons Alek and Noah and brother in-law Tom Paulette. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for in-law

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Noun

The man's family has struggled to get any information from the hospital about his status or location, Lincoln-Goldfinch said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
While speaking to reporters, Janssen recalled learning what had happened to Serkov while having dinner with her family.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of family

Noun

He was appointed chief executive officer in 2026 at the age of 42, taking the reins from his cousin Giovanni Anzani.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Seeing a film at the Odeon cinema followed by stopping at Luini for a panzerotto, a cousin of the calzone, was long a favorite Milanese ritual.

— Emma Bocchi, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of cousin

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It’s believed that the original fortress went up in the 14th century, about 200 years before the Kato clan took control of Ozu.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026
Just months after the Tate murders, Joel Pugh — the 29-year-old boyfriend of Manson clan member Sandra Good — was found dead in the Talgarth Hotel in London.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of clan

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This tension unfolds with riveting restraint in a story set in 1960s Nagaland — the eastern Indian state on the Burmese border — following the principled chief of a waning tribe, and the arrival of an American missionary.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
In 2020, the tribe reacquired land at Verona across the Feather River from Dos Rios Norte, which the federal government took into trust last year.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of tribe

Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

When Hunt ran against Cornyn and Paxton in the Texas Republican Senate race, the contest grew increasingly bitter as the primary unfolded.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Least Heat-Moon is part-indigenous, and his sensitive awareness of race, class, and historical inequalities enriches his anthropological, but poetic style.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of race

Noun

That means that a transposon is partly responsible for the months-long process of development in utero that’s typical for our lineage, humans included.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Butte Creek holds one of only three fully wild spring-run populations left in the valley, fish with no hatchery in their lineage.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

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