family unit

Example Sentences

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Ribeiro leaned into their on-screen chemistry as a family unit when creating a sizzle reel to get financing for the project.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Now, the tight-knit family unit that entered the Avignon tribunal last September is no more.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

For an orphan who grew up mostly alone, being a part of a family unit is something completely new.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 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

But it was rare that there was such an age gap between children in a family unit.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry