- plural of family.
families
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State Department ordered nonemergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia due to increased Houthi hostilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
BBC Scotland has spoken to several families who have raised concerns over palliative care at the hospital.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The United States has ordered non-essential US embassy staff and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, the State Department said on Wednesday, as the kingdom comes under sustained deadly attacks by Yemen's Houthis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Only 5% of low- and moderate-income families have opened a Trump account for their children, according to a survey published in September by Commonwealth, a nonprofit organization.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Now his eyes fly to the list of names, which we’d tacked on the wall, quickly skimming through the families we’d never crossed off.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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