family tie
Example Sentences
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But, unlike Charles Kushner, she had no family tie to the president’s inner circle.
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025
The migrants accepted by the UK would need to have a connection to Britain, such as a family tie.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025
The family tie trumps friendship, and that puts Caine in a painful moral bind.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023
But where the affection is genuine and independent of the family tie, then it’s only natural for your loyalties to reflect that independence.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022
During the middle ages, when the family tie is yet so strong, the contract of marriage was generally formed by the family; but this was not, as a rule, felt a restraint.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm
