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Recent Examples of in-law
My in-laws own a little two-bedroom beach bungalow.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
When his parents, in-laws or friends from out of town visited, this would lead the schedule.
—Dan Woike, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
That's Becky's daughter in-law, Dana Nichols, who is married to her son, Ben.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Jana Duggar is soaking up some family time with her new in-laws!
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
When his parents, in-laws or friends from out of town visited, this would lead the schedule.
—Dan Woike, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
That's Becky's daughter in-law, Dana Nichols, who is married to her son, Ben.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Jana Duggar is soaking up some family time with her new in-laws!
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for in-law
Noun
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Despite all of the current drawbacks with Meta's new model family, Willison is optimistic that future releases of Llama 4 will prove more useful.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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Neglect of Personal Hygiene: Refusing to eat with the family or to maintain personal hygiene, like taking baths.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The bride’s cousin, Caroline Kennedy, served as maid of honor.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, frightened Southern planters, those reluctant revolutionaries, threw in with their radical New England cousins.—
Andrew Lawler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Plus, there’s a two-level guest house with its own kitchen and living area.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in Ottawa with a stop sign sprouting up from the tree-lawn shrubs.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This public generational saga goes from ancestral investigation (the Fonda clan migrated from Holland to upstate New York in 1654, then Nebraska, where Henry was born) to cultural exegesis.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 Apr. 2025
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Members of the Kennedy clan have held positions at nearly every level of government.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Earlier this year, a member of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe voluntarily visited the rural Brazilian village of Bela Rosa.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 Apr. 2025
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The concert also will feature a performance by Kumeyaay bird singer Blue Eagle Vigil along with singers from various tribes of the Kumeyaay Nation.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Public health advocates see fluoridation as good for the population by increasing the odds that people across the economic spectrum get a baseline amount of fluoride daily.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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While many fans on X and Reddit praised the new content, there were, of course, some people who were upset that such content made it to the game.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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FanDuel Racing has race previews, analysis and picks.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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At Large seat that was up in 2007, but withdrew before the primary in a race that Cindy Circo later won.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Miles Davis, who was in the lineage of Benny Goodman, mentored Jack DeJohnette, who mentored Terri Lynne Carrington.—
Elizabeth Alexander,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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Nico told Forbes in 2020 that his grandfather's legacy and his lineage of entrepreneurship inspired him to create his own branch of Marley Naturals, the family estate’s cannabis brand.—
Avalon Hester,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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“In-law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in-law. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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