immediate family
noun
: a person's parents, brothers and sisters, husband or wife, and children
Hospital visits are limited to immediate family.
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Dean will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
Only Lesser and his older sister, Lola, survived from their immediate family.
—Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The order said the sanctions could include the blocking of purchases of property and assets, and barring I.C.C. officials and their immediate family members from entering the United States.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2025
The 10 members of their immediate family were all wedged into a 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment with an attic.
—Ester Bloom, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
Only Lesser and his older sister, Lola, survived from their immediate family.
—Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The order said the sanctions could include the blocking of purchases of property and assets, and barring I.C.C. officials and their immediate family members from entering the United States.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2025
The 10 members of their immediate family were all wedged into a 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment with an attic.
—Ester Bloom, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for immediate family
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“Immediate family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immediate%20family. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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