as in household
of or relating to a household or family
it's a familial duty as well as a tradition for everyone in my family to eat dinner together
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State of play: Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, told the audience at Miami Dade College's Padrón Campus about her love for her Puerto Rican culture and her familial ties to South Florida (Her mother lived in Margate).
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Martin Vassolo, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
As such, pink is generally regarded as a representation of familial love on Valentine’s Day.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Kendrick raps in a pianissimo murmur for nearly the entire song, tying familial abuse his mother experienced to his personal struggles with confidence and faithfulness.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
This feeling that the world is just there waiting for you, that all doors will be opened whether by familial connections or just backhanded money deals.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
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Martin Vassolo, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
As such, pink is generally regarded as a representation of familial love on Valentine’s Day.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Kendrick raps in a pianissimo murmur for nearly the entire song, tying familial abuse his mother experienced to his personal struggles with confidence and faithfulness.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
This feeling that the world is just there waiting for you, that all doors will be opened whether by familial connections or just backhanded money deals.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for familial
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“Familial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/familial. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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