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- noun Plural form of
family .
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Examples
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton August 5 expressing sorrow over the Israeli government\'s August 2 eviction of two Palestinian families from East Jerusalem, and asked Clinton and the Obama administration to call for the families\ 'immediate return.'
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The County Surveyor gives the population of Mayo at 56,209 families, _of whom 46,316 families_, he says, _were to be employed on the relief works!
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
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And I guess what I appreciate about storytelling in families is it's ... it's elemental.
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His work on violence in families is regarded as landmark research.
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I've also always hated the term families being thrown about.
Obama Camp Declares Victory In Texas Conventions And Overall State Contest 2009
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For instance, in families from the bottom 25 percent of the income distribution not even one third of students take the SAT.
The Big Picture 2004
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For instance, in families from the bottom 25 percent of the income distribution not even one third of students take the SAT.
The Big Picture 2004
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The change of economic relation in families from a sex-basis to a social basis will make possible wide individual intercourse without this accompanying strain on the family ties.
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-- The bread used in families is usually baked by women, and at home.
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One of the label families that gets my trust before I even drop the needle is the Secretly
Each Note Secure 2010
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