family unit

Example Sentences

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Kathryn added that he was "happiest with the family unit".

From BBC • May 11, 2026

“LA gave every multi family unit a green bin due to a bureaucratic fever dream about composting,” the person wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 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

The ministry of labour says one explanation is that, legally, small producers who work as a family unit do not have to submit a paper trail when they sell their wax.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2024

Each family unit was allotted two children, one of each gender, and she had been the younger.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry