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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

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

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

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

As part of the process, the loyalty of his entire extended family was checked.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden


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