family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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Denise and Imagine went to live and share a bedroom in a family friend's home.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Shauna Hawes — $200 A family friend and retired elementary school teacher.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Almost a week after the deadly crash, over 200 family, friends, and community members joined together to mourn Orozco and Conkling at on the soccer fields of North Laguna Creek Park at a vigil organized by Samantha Lin, a close family friend of Orozco’s.
—Reeti Malhotra
may 23, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
The younger Liubava was a contradiction, small and seemingly fragile but inwardly strong, remembered Tetiana Osipova, a family friend who had served alongside the girls' father.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Shauna Hawes — $200 A family friend and retired elementary school teacher.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
Almost a week after the deadly crash, over 200 family, friends, and community members joined together to mourn Orozco and Conkling at on the soccer fields of North Laguna Creek Park at a vigil organized by Samantha Lin, a close family friend of Orozco’s.
—Reeti Malhotra
may 23, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
The younger Liubava was a contradiction, small and seemingly fragile but inwardly strong, remembered Tetiana Osipova, a family friend who had served alongside the girls' father.
—ABC News, 19 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for family friend
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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