parental

Example Sentences

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The letter called the scale a “continuous measure of socioeconomic disadvantage” that includes parental income and education, growing up in a medically underserved area and other socioeconomic variables.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

When we are young, we get to bask in undiluted parental attention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"Repealing the defence would, by definition, make this kind of reasonable parental behaviour prosecutable."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Those platforms, he noted, "traditionally didn't have the same level of parental tools that video games had" -- a gap that has fueled the regulatory backlash now engulfing companies such as Meta and TikTok.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

She reaches over and turns down the volume, which is annoying but also parental, and it feels good to have her be annoying instead of worried and sad.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon