family life

noun

: the kind of life a person normally leads when one is married and has children
He enjoys family life.

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Johnson is one of the most prolific stand-up performers in the world, releasing new sets weekly on his YouTube channel, and his debut HBO special, filmed at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, has him at the top of his game, riffing on the weirdness of family life and the modern world. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026 The story of Temple Emanu-el and its windows feels particularly personal to me because so much of my family life took place within its welcoming walls. David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 The crime thriller has Gray having helmed a semi-fictionalized return to his family life in mid-1980s Queens and is also a companion piece to his 2022 film Armageddon Time. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026 And Malia is also achingly lonesome for her family life, with a sister about to get married and a doting father played, in this headache-inducingly twisty psychodrama’s most refreshing meta-twist, by Romanian director Radu Jude. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for family life

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“Family life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20life. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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