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
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
"My mum would do anything to keep us at home all the time," he says of their strong family unit and her refusal to accept rent.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 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
He probably should have brought up his feeling of bewilderment that very evening when the family unit had shared their feelings of the day.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
