immediate family
noun
: a person's parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children
Hospital visits are limited to immediate family.
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Fernandes Anderson was staring down an impending $5,000 fine for a state ethics violation around that time period, for hiring two immediate family members to her City Council staff, giving them raises, and in the case of her sister, a bonus.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
So were immediate family members of some existing visa holders, Afghan nationals who were employed by the U.S. and ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 11 June 2025
In the case of Venezuela, certain government officials and their immediate family members were banned, but not to its nationals in general on tourist or business visas.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
From March 2022 and continuing through at least May 2022, Spofford allegedly devised a scheme to harass and terrorize a reporter employed by New Hampshire Public Radio, her immediate family members and a senior editor at NHPR in retaliation for the outlet’s reporting, officials said.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 31 May 2025
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
So were immediate family members of some existing visa holders, Afghan nationals who were employed by the U.S. and ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 11 June 2025
In the case of Venezuela, certain government officials and their immediate family members were banned, but not to its nationals in general on tourist or business visas.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
From March 2022 and continuing through at least May 2022, Spofford allegedly devised a scheme to harass and terrorize a reporter employed by New Hampshire Public Radio, her immediate family members and a senior editor at NHPR in retaliation for the outlet’s reporting, officials said.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 31 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for immediate family
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“Immediate family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immediate%20family. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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