familial

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Ideally, we take those familial lessons to the workplace.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The federal Fair Housing Act explicitly bans discrimination based on seven traits: race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status and disability.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

"This finding highlights the profound value of studying familial diseases and the merit of large-scale genomic datasets, which can reveal rare genetic variations with broader implications for population health."

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Picasso’s Cubism introduced Lam not only to European modernism but also to its sources—African masks and totemic art, to which Lam, understandably, felt a familial connection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

He stands a head taller than the woman, but he regards her with a familial deference.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer