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family grouping

British

noun

Also called: vertical grouping. a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work

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Airlines should make an imperative family grouping so the torturers are also the tortured.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2016

Councilman Bandegi estimated his loss in terms of his clan, the traditional Iranian family grouping.

From Time Magazine Archive

She devised a game in which each number was a family member and the “answer” made a family grouping with a story to it.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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