Synonyms for family unit
fam·i·ly unit

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1. family, family unitnoun

   primary social group; parents and children

   "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

   Synonyms:
   kinsperson, mob, crime syndicate, kinfolk, menage, family line, class, home, category, kinsfolk, family, folk, household, fellowship, sept, kin, phratry, house, syndicate

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1. • Kin

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1. Eliza Park:

   The patient in these situations truly is the entire family unit.

2. President Biden:

   When Mexico's capacity is reached, we process the families and place them in immigration proceedings here in the United States, we have partnered with community-based organizations to test the family members and quarantine them as needed under COVID-19 protocols. In some locations, the processing of individuals who are part of a family unit has strained our border resources.

3. White House:

   1 out of every 6 family unit cases filed on special expedited dockets at 10 immigration courts has ended with an in absentia removal order.

4. Justin Clark:

   They've really grown into the normalcy of a family unit, they all get along well! They have their normal sibling spats but they're not very often and not very big.

5. Charlie Hall:

   There's just a greater cohesiveness within the family unit that occurs outside with your hands in the dirt, there's not as much eye-rolling when teenagers are told to do something, not as much fighting between siblings. There's fewer harsh words between spouses.