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Recent Examples of extended family
Living in a crowded, old, and uninsulated Lincoln Heights apartment with his extended family, Perez is tired of waiting for help.
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Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
And then the others are the sort of extended family of longtime money — there's many examples of all of that.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The 10 people who lived there, a mix of extended family members and a pair of housemates, are all originally from Honduras and hold varying immigration statuses.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Schoolteacher Suleman Khan lost 25 members of his extended family.
—Muhammad Sajjad, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
And then the others are the sort of extended family of longtime money — there's many examples of all of that.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The 10 people who lived there, a mix of extended family members and a pair of housemates, are all originally from Honduras and hold varying immigration statuses.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Schoolteacher Suleman Khan lost 25 members of his extended family.
—Muhammad Sajjad, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for extended family
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extended family
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The merger between Tegna and one of the largest local TV operators nationwide has prompted monopoly concerns, as the deal could increase Nexstar's local TV ownership to more than 39% of US households, Business Insider reported.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Fewer than half of the 20,000 households losing city pickup have secured private haulers, with many facing rejections, steep rates or a maze of complications.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the last fortnight alone, Starmer's Deputy Prime Minister and close ally Angela Rayner has resigned after a house tax scandal, triggering a major cabinet reshuffle.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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The weighty Guerlain Rouge G case comes in a wide variety of fabrics, colors, and textures—glossy tortoiseshell, embossed gold, glittering crystals—that house one of the most luxurious lipstick formulas on the market.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Extended family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extended%20family. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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