in-laws

plural of in-law

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for in-laws
Noun
  • And families and students aren’t just paying for tuition—they’re buying into an environment.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The primary goal of these UBI pilots is to help individuals and families through a transition period.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Five of Amin’s relatives – his two brothers, sister-in-law and parents – were among those deported.
    Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 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
  • My guess is that the folks at Sony thought that most people generally don't tap into those dramatically high DPIs.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s a quick heads up for folks who enjoy the The New York Times’ word search game, Strands.
    Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The tribes and environmental groups contend the permit approvals failed to adequately consider the risks of potential oil spills.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The Klamath tribes, for instance, have passed down a story about the creation of Oregon’s Crater Lake, formed about 7,700 years ago, after Mount Mazama erupted and collapsed into itself.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My guess is that the folks at Sony thought that most people generally don't tap into those dramatically high DPIs.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
  • From coffee in the morning to cocktails in the evening, Pal’s is a place to be enjoyed from sunup to sundown and has something for folks of all ages.
    Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • His death effectively ended the O’More as one of the major Irish clans.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The designation reflects the deteriorating relations between the United States and one of its closest Latin American allies.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, Astorino said, developments in AI, policy, geopolitical relations and the economy are likely to accelerate both change and complexity.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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“In-laws.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in-laws. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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