familial
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The original film chronicled Sally and Gillian’s quest for love while balancing their identities as witches and their familial curse.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Ideally, we take those familial lessons to the workplace.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
The council currently gives preference to those who have lived in the North East for at least a year, as well as for other local familial or employment-related reasons.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
As Joanne Kaufman writes in her review, Sara Levin’s novel builds on a whimsical premise to create “a moving meditation on loneliness, longing and familial short leashes.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
But I know, too, of the basic comfort in this familial precision, where the relation abides no argument, no questions or quarrels.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing familial
It's All in the Family
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