family unit

Example Sentences

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Kathryn added that he was "happiest with the family unit".

From BBC • May 11, 2026

They also asked families to submit wish lists for all members, including adults, and a stick-figure drawing of their family unit.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

“LA gave every multi family unit a green bin due to a bureaucratic fever dream about composting,” the person wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025

"We suggest that vocal learning in sperm whales may not be limited to vertical transmission from adults to their kin, but that horizontal social learning from outside the immediate family unit may also be occurring."

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

Then they had stepped down to make room for the next family unit.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry