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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Catch up quick: Iowa Republican lawmakers in 2021 cut the state's early voting from 29 to 20 days, restricted ballot drop boxes to one per county and limited who can return other people's ballots to immediate family, household members or caregivers.
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Jason Clayworth, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
The judge also ordered the teen to have no contact with someone whom prosecutors described as the surviving member of his immediate family.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
Normally, candidates are limited by state law to only accept $6,900 from individuals (outside of themselves and immediate family); $13,700 from labor organizations, corporations or associations, or $68,500 from any other candidate’s committee or a political action committee.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
Furthermore, Combs is willing to impose restrictions on visitors, agreeing to bar all females guests outside of his immediate family from visiting him if released on bond.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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Jason Clayworth, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
The judge also ordered the teen to have no contact with someone whom prosecutors described as the surviving member of his immediate family.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
Normally, candidates are limited by state law to only accept $6,900 from individuals (outside of themselves and immediate family); $13,700 from labor organizations, corporations or associations, or $68,500 from any other candidate’s committee or a political action committee.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
Furthermore, Combs is willing to impose restrictions on visitors, agreeing to bar all females guests outside of his immediate family from visiting him if released on bond.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Immediate family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immediate%20family. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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