extended family
Example Sentences
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But what clinched the deal, he said, was the fact he’d known Nguyen’s husband and his extended family for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
When I look at the community he ultimately built around himself – the performers, writers, producers, actors, and friends who became his extended family – it feels like a continuation of that impulse.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Clinical Professor of Psychology at Weill Cornell Medicine, says the decline of extended family involvement has helped fuel what the U.S.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
He remarried when I was 12, and I spent weekends with him and his new wife in the city and idyllic summers with extended family in Illinois.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Mong moved up to Guerneville, California, to live with extended family: grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle and cousin.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
