loved one
noun
: a person one loves and especially a member of one's family
Many of her friends and loved ones visited her in the hospital.
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In California and throughout the nation, these issues are key to improving quality of life for families that struggle to take time off to care for a newborn or ailing loved one, or to find affordable child care.
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Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Doug Emhoff Emhoff is an obvious inclusion, given his status as Harris’s closest ally and loved one.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Aug. 2024
Remotely monitored technology can also tell a caregiver or concerned loved one when a door or window is opened or closed.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2024
During a press conference that same day, Strain's family thanked everyone who assisted in the two-week search for their missing loved one.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Sadly, my loved one with a serious mental illness is sitting in jail.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
The Work Involved In any family’s efforts to persuade an aging parent or loved one to give up the house and accept a smaller environment, keep in mind that the transition is not easy.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
The Songs were one of six families who agreed to use artificial intelligence to re-create the voice of their child or loved one who had died from gun violence in a project published Wednesday online — exactly six years after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
The analog effort to print out a set for a family member or loved one speaks louder than the price tag.
—Grace Smith, wsj.com, 4 Nov. 2023
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Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Doug Emhoff Emhoff is an obvious inclusion, given his status as Harris’s closest ally and loved one.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Aug. 2024
Remotely monitored technology can also tell a caregiver or concerned loved one when a door or window is opened or closed.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2024
During a press conference that same day, Strain's family thanked everyone who assisted in the two-week search for their missing loved one.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Sadly, my loved one with a serious mental illness is sitting in jail.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
The Work Involved In any family’s efforts to persuade an aging parent or loved one to give up the house and accept a smaller environment, keep in mind that the transition is not easy.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
The Songs were one of six families who agreed to use artificial intelligence to re-create the voice of their child or loved one who had died from gun violence in a project published Wednesday online — exactly six years after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
The analog effort to print out a set for a family member or loved one speaks louder than the price tag.
—Grace Smith, wsj.com, 4 Nov. 2023
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“Loved one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loved%20one. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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