extended family

as in household
those who live as a family in one house their extended family includes a grandmother and widowed aunt

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Recent Examples of extended family For those traveling with extended family, oceanfront villas are also available. Margaux Lushing, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 The Big Spring Sale features some of Amazon shoppers’ favorites for car camping, truck camping, backpacking, and cramming your entire extended family into one tent. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2025 Fifty-eight percent of millennial and Gen Z parents plan to bring their extended family on vacation, the report found. Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025 Prince Harry also wants his children to connect with their U.K. roots, to experience their heritage and to build relationships with their extended family. Simon Perry, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for extended family
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Noun
  • From 1991 to 2019, real median household income rose > 30%, largely powered by sustained consumption.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Riding public transit is nearly ten times cheaper than owning a car, and low-income households without a car spend just 5% of their incomes on transportation.
    Jill Locantore, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Siba said the security forces inspected the document, searched the house for weapons and, finding none, told the family to remain inside.
    Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The home was featured on Zillow Gone Wild, a Facebook page that highlights unique house listings all over the country, and people were … well … impressed?
    TJ Macias, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Extended family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extended%20family. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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