extended family

Example Sentences

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They’re also at times footing the bill for their extended family.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

So Ivanoff, Kristil's parents and extended family began working to change the law and save other lives.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

When Kaiser Kuo first visited China in the summer of 1981, his extended family there would ask him and his brother to sing some American tunes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

It feels a little like a reunion, with everyone a part of the extended family.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

If the night of his initiation into the Klan was a homecoming, his acceptance into Durham’s civic life was the discovery of a previously unknown extended family.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson