extended family
Example Sentences
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A member of her extended family faces deportation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The troubles have opened a rift within the extended family that for more than 150 years has controlled Brown-Forman, amassing a collective wealth that Forbes puts at $11 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
SIM International said he would soon be reunited with his wife, their children and his extended family.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ahmed Abu Sharia, a member of the extended family of those being buried, told AFP the funeral would at last provide closure for relatives.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
I’m the oldest kid in our whole extended family, so I generally run around keeping the little ones from killing each other, but that day they all got along.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
