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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Recent Examples of familial
Theories ranged from familial disputes and lone psychopaths to international espionage and money laundering involving Mossad and Saddam Hussein.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 May 2025
But those who adore such Anglophile delights will similarly enjoy this 2013 favorite, which fuses his signature brand of Brit character comedy with a lightly fantastical time-travel premise, in which Domhnall Gleeson uses his familial gift of temporal flexibility to romance Rachel McAdams.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Many have familial ties to Druze communities in Lebanon and Israel.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The race has been defined by Trump’s attacks on Canada, upending the decades-long familial relationship between the two countries amid an unprecedented surge of Canadian nationalism.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 May 2025
But those who adore such Anglophile delights will similarly enjoy this 2013 favorite, which fuses his signature brand of Brit character comedy with a lightly fantastical time-travel premise, in which Domhnall Gleeson uses his familial gift of temporal flexibility to romance Rachel McAdams.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Many have familial ties to Druze communities in Lebanon and Israel.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The race has been defined by Trump’s attacks on Canada, upending the decades-long familial relationship between the two countries amid an unprecedented surge of Canadian nationalism.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for familial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for familial
household
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Sources of 2023 household debt in the US include: Credit Cards: $1.13 trillion Mortgage: $12.25 trillion Auto Loans: 1.61 trillion Student Loans: $1.6 trillion Outstanding balances also include debt from retail credit cards, consumer loans and other non-household expenses.—
Kara Nelson,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2024
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Hancock said in the statement that his family canceled their traditional multi-household Thanksgiving celebration.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
25 Nov. 2020
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“Familial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/familial. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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