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Recent Examples of Synonyms for in-laws
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Solutions like these improve health and education outcomes, empower women, and enable families to thrive, transforming their futures.—
Matt Damon,
TIME,
22 Mar. 2025 -
The nuptials began on Wednesday, March 19, with an intimate dinner between the couple's families and wedding party.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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The war in Gaza, now in its 21st month, began after Hamas launched a terror attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
8 July 2025
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This affect somehow suits our contemporary moment, in which many people are fearful of strangers, unwilling to invite others in, and tribally enthusiastic in their willingness to protect those most familiar.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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But in Piazza’s phone calls with aunts, uncles, and cousins, everyone remembers the story a little differently.—
Marnie Shure,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Years later, one of my cousins even stopped eating meat in my presence out of respect for my diet.—
Lola Méndez,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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The complaint notes that Californians voted in 1984 to amend the California Constitution to ban banked games, though tribes are exempted from that ban under a 2000 state constitutional amendment.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Jan. 2025
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The tribes are suing under a law — Senate Bill 549 — that went into effect Wednesday.—
Andrew Sheeler,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Jan. 2025
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The fact is that most folks aren't willing to do something that long and that consistently.—
Christian Hyatt,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Throughout her childhood in Mexico, the writer's great-grandmother often recited folk tales about the magic practicers that were said to roam the country.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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And our definition of social media was to converse about the over-the-top shenanigans of the fictional Ewing, Channing and Carrington clans at the proverbial office watercooler.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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In 2020, the California Fish and Game Commission made six lion clans a candidate for protection under the state Endangered Species Act, and are expected to decide whether to permanently list them next year.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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The concerns over trade relations stem from a history of tariffs, sanctions, and disputes that have strained the ties between the world's two largest economies.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Police found his wife's car, which had her stepfather's blood inside, Hochman's office revealed Monday.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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While the bubonic plague affects lymph nodes, septicemic plague affects the blood.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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