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familial

[fuh-mil-yuhl, -mil-ee-uhl] / fəˈmɪl yəl, -ˈmɪl i əl /
ADJECTIVE
ancestral
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Transportation systems, workplaces, familial and social relationships, and government services increasingly assume continuous digital participation.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

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

Pfeiffer is not the first to push back against the notion that female characters of a certain age and familial status must wield whatever power they have from the background.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 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




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