extended family
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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
She was raised in a huge extended family — she has 32 aunts and uncles — and remembers a house that was almost constantly full.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Galicia was preaching at his church in South L.A. when flames engulfed his home, where he lived with an extended family of 10.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Over the next few years, I began to form vague ideas about the other members of our extended family.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Foster placement. Or sometimes extended family checks you out.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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