family unit

Example Sentences

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Ribeiro leaned into their on-screen chemistry as a family unit when creating a sizzle reel to get financing for the project.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

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

From BBC • May 11, 2026

When you really get to know Los Angeles, like the real Los Angeles, there’s a certain family unit that’s really beautiful.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

"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

We were scheduled to go at different times, not as a family unit, because the UN handles people who are over the age of eighteen as individual cases.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana