in-law

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Recent Examples of in-law An essential item with a personalized touch that any in-law will love to add to their yoga or gym bag. Madeleine Bokan Thares, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2025 The couple quickly arranged for Brielle to be picked up by Gislason's stepfather-in-law before heading to the car. Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025 Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are sometimes referred to as in-law units or backyard homes. Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025 For the past 12 years, her parents have lived with her and her husband, who built an in-law suite for them. Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in-law
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Noun
  • Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • My deepest condolences and prayers are with Trey's family during this difficult time.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After the eighth-generation jeweler Munnu Kasliwal died in 2012, his son Siddharth took over, and today runs the business alongside his brother, cousins, and uncle.
    Gayatri Shah, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That unusually low resonance makes nuclear clocks uniquely suited to timekeeping at the nuclear scale, and sets them apart from their atomic cousins.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • After provoking the ire of the college kids, Madea and her clan are subjected to a series of ghoulish pranks.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the unit also targets dissenters and those, including various clans, some backed by Israel, that dare to defy Hamas’s rule.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The tribe doesn't have a formal water settlement with the federal government.
    Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The practice spread rapidly across the entire tribe, becoming the new norm.
    Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Arizona Diamondbacks have clawed their way into the heat of a playoff race as the New York Mets continue to collapse down the stretch.
    Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • He was known for his controversial political and social takes related to race, gun violence and immigration, and had an audience of millions of viewers and listeners across various platforms.
    Connor Greene, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That means the quality, context and lineage of data matter.
    Prashant Kondle, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • While modern — Tabone has a sharp eye for presentation — Patula’s menu is a representation of the city’s diverse lineage, a confluence of Cajun and Southern flavors blend with French and Spanish cuisine.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025

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