friends and relatives

Example Sentences

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They will be housed in self-contained flats with access to phones so they can call friends and relatives.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Phones pinged with constant texts from friends and relatives watching the news around the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

The rest of her friends and relatives there have cut her off.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Political relations between the U.S. and Venezuela just got more complicated, but for many Venezuelans, getting money from friends and relatives in the U.S. is as easy as sending a text.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

For several days a steady stream of friends and relatives come to call on the Sasaki family.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr