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extended family

[ik-sten-did fam-uh-lee, fam lee] / ɪkˈstɛn dɪd ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li /
NOUN
parents, children, and relatives
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Few if any of them will ever before have seen money like that in their extended family.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Zuhair, who is 25, says his uncles pushed him to marry a 16-year-old girl from his extended family after her father - her sole guardian - was killed in an Israeli air strike.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Behind the scenes, the FBI saw in emails and company records, Kao orchestrated over $40,000 in donations from extended family in advance of the event.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

As I began to understand the relationships among so many people, I started to wonder about the extended family of the adults.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

They ran through their list of relatives, but anyone in their extended family would wonder why they weren’t using Baba’s nauka.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins


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