in-laws

plural of in-law

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for in-laws
Noun
  • Solutions like these improve health and education outcomes, empower women, and enable families to thrive, transforming their futures.
    Matt Damon, TIME, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The nuptials began on Wednesday, March 19, with an intimate dinner between the couple's families and wedding party.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Why does crime seem more related to places than to people?
    Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
  • Research links creativity to happiness and well-being, and a 2021 study found that older people who participated in creative activities showed less cognitive decline than those who did not.
    Elizabeth Passarella, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • But in Piazza’s phone calls with aunts, uncles, and cousins, everyone remembers the story a little differently.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Years later, one of my cousins even stopped eating meat in my presence out of respect for my diet.
    Lola Méndez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The complaint notes that Californians voted in 1984 to amend the California Constitution to ban banked games, though tribes are exempted from that ban under a 2000 state constitutional amendment.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The tribes are suing under a law — Senate Bill 549 — that went into effect Wednesday.
    Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Here in the Pitch also won best folk record and best singer-songwriter record.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2025
  • Where working class folks stage electoral upsets against the powers that be.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • And our definition of social media was to converse about the over-the-top shenanigans of the fictional Ewing, Channing and Carrington clans at the proverbial office watercooler.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In 2020, the California Fish and Game Commission made six lion clans a candidate for protection under the state Endangered Species Act, and are expected to decide whether to permanently list them next year.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The concerns over trade relations stem from a history of tariffs, sanctions, and disputes that have strained the ties between the world's two largest economies.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Severe infections can also include aches, headaches, elevated fever, lethargy, rashes, and blood in the urine or stool.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 June 2025
  • The death of a 9-year-old girl who became unresponsive after dental surgery in San Diego County has been ruled an accident resulting from a rare blood disorder, according to autopsy report by the San Diego County Medical Examiner‘s Office.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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“In-laws.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in-laws. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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