relatives

Example Sentences

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His relatives on his father’s side were Palestinian refugees who fled amid territorial claims and political unrest, according to Miles’s book.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Others are concerned about the potential spread during this Eid holiday, as families travel to see friends and relatives.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Scientists consider these fish to be close relatives of the earliest four-limbed vertebrates that later evolved into land animals.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

When the army withdrew from the city, Abdul Rahman decided to escape with her eight children, husband, two brothers and sisters and other relatives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

My great-great-grandparents emigrated to America at the turn of the twentieth century; any relatives of mine who died in the Holocaust were cousins of ancestors I never knew.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman