official family
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of official family
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
Example Sentences
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An admission from Kate that she altered an official family photo — one meant to reassure the public that she was doing well — only made things worse.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Fast-forward to 2021 and the Lynches are enjoying their first holiday as an official family in Minneapolis.
From Fox News • Dec. 30, 2021
Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle gave the world an early gift on Thursday, the eve of Christmas Eve: Their first official family holiday card featuring baby Lilibet Diana.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2021
In another hour or two, they would go upstairs to the Diamond Club for a real party, with their wives and the whole Met official family.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2019
We were assigned two of these for the twelve people in our family group; and our official family “number” was enlarged by three digits—16 plus the number of this barracks.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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