relative
noun
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
relatives
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pluralof relative.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The phones often arrive via drones, relatives or guards, investigators say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
His relatives are also unhappy as he will have to spend six months with an electronic tag, housed three hours away from them in Cardiff.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Hesperornithiforms were close evolutionary relatives of Neornithes, the branch that survived the mass extinction and eventually produced modern birds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The United States commemorated the 25th anniversary of the devastating September 11, 2001 attacks Friday with a poignant ceremony in New York marked by President Donald Trump's absence and searing criticism from victims' relatives.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
She fled back to the campfires and fell on her knees in front of her astonished relatives.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
