family unit

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Fanning plays the titular character Margo Millet, who forms a complex family unit with parents Shyanne and Jinx, played by Pfeiffer and Offerman.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Susan's husband saw Eleanor as "a fundamental part of their family unit".

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

But it was their generosity to other people outside their family unit which would make headlines in the years that followed.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

"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

“I just wish we could get his sleeping-pattern behavior squared away. If he's not ready to be placed with a family unit by the time of the next Ceremony, well...”

From "Son" by Lois Lowry