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  • noun Plural form of in-law.; the family of one's spouse

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Examples

  • I call my in-laws and explain to each that Kurt has left, that we’re separating, that I’m happy to have the party anyway if they’d like, but Kurt won’t be here.

    If I Am Missing or Dead Janine Latus 2007

  • I call my in-laws and explain to each that Kurt has left, that we’re separating, that I’m happy to have the party anyway if they’d like, but Kurt won’t be here.

    If I Am Missing or Dead Janine Latus 2007

  • But when she found herself restricted to bed rest under a doctor’s care, she called her in-laws to come to the rescue.

    The Power of A Positive Mom Karol Ladd 2001

  • Contemptuous of their Teutonic roots—the ruling Wettins had changed their name to the more British-sounding Windsor during World War I—Diana called her in-laws “the Germans.”

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • Contemptuous of their Teutonic roots—the ruling Wettins had changed their name to the more British-sounding Windsor during World War I—Diana called her in-laws “the Germans.”

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • He picked up the cordless phone and called his in-laws again.

    Hidden Secrets, Hidden Lives J. Leon Pridgen II 2010

  • He picked up the cordless phone and called his in-laws again.

    Hidden Secrets, Hidden Lives J. Leon Pridgen II 2010

  • She then ran into the house to call her in-laws on the phone.

    Space Ships of the Visitors Kevin Randle 2000

  • She then ran into the house to call her in-laws on the phone.

    Space Ships of the Visitors Kevin Randle 2000

  • She then ran into the house to call her in-laws on the phone.

    Space Ships of the Visitors Kevin Randle 2000

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