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familial

[fuh-mil-yuhl, -mil-ee-uhl] / fəˈmɪl yəl, -ˈmɪl i əl /
ADJECTIVE
ancestral
Synonyms


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Accordingly, the book offers strategies for mitigating against chaos, beginning with weekly planning sessions during which she recommends plotting out the coming seven days, listing commitments and priorities—professional, familial and personal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

In a statement on Tuesday, global policing agency Interpol said a breakthrough came when the victim was identified by French police using "familial DNA searching".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Ideally, we take those familial lessons to the workplace.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The tension between the anti-nuclear artwork and its artists’ familial ties to the production of the very technology they reject is an enticing dance of its own.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Perhaps real love was familial, somehow linked to blood, since love for children did not die as romantic love did.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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