How to Use great-niece in a Sentence
great-niece
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Mcbride has now done the same for her own daughter, Bailey’s great-niece.
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Angie Dimichele,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
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According to a source familiar with James’s finances, the house was occupied by James’s great-niece, who did not pay rent and has lived there for years.
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Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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Paula Nagel watched the parade along Campbell Street with her great-nephew Alex, 5, and great-niece Amina, 6.
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Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
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Sarah and her former slave Hagar; Sarah’s great-niece Rebekah; and Rebekah’s nieces, sisters Leah and Rachel.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
21 Aug. 2025
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There’s nothing stopping you from making the upcoming milestones feel special for your great-nieces and great-nephews in a way that’s specific to you, your relationship and your capacity.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
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And Marijke Alkema, Katharine’s great-niece, credits Katharine with inspiring her to become an electrician.
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Last fall, Parker dropped her great-niece off for her first day of K4 at the Milwaukee Academy of Chinese Language.
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David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
23 Sep. 2024
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Tiffani Lucero Pastor, another of Kitty’s great-nieces, then shouted at the commissioners and began reading from Marsy’s Law.
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Matthew J. Friedman,
CNN Money,
24 Aug. 2025
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As the beloved writer’s fifth great-niece, Knight grew up at Chawton House, the famed estate in Chawton, England owned by Austen’s brother Edward.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
27 Dec. 2025
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In addition to Cohen, survivors include her sister, Susie; nephews Peter and Paul; niece Laura; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
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Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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In addition to her sister, survivors include her nieces, Kellie and Kate; her brother-in-law, Jimmie; her great-nieces, Madison, Macy and Piper; and her great-nephew, Clay.
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Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Feb. 2026
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His two great-nieces — Tiana Rae Watts, 2, and Jaliyah Katherine Watts, 11 months — were shot and killed by their father in their Orange County apartment on Friday evening.
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Sara-James Ranta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
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Unfortunately, all three of her immediate family members had died, but the discovery led Liotta to Libby Doughty, a great-niece of Cuma Cleveland, who currently lives in Tulsa.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
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Hockney is survived by his long-time partner and companion Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima, his great-nephew Richard, his brothers Philip and John, and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, according to the foundation.
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Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Before the auction, her great-niece, Mara Romeo Kahlo, celebrated the significance of the upcoming sale during a recent interview with The Associated Press in Mexico City.
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Arkansas Online,
30 Nov. 2025
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Before the auction, her great-niece, Mara Romeo Kahlo, celebrated the significance of the upcoming sale during a recent interview with The Associated Press in Mexico City.
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Hannah Schoenbaum,
Fortune,
24 Nov. 2025
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Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs returned the medals to Grabowski’s great-niece Thursday during a touching ceremony at the Marion Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1301 in southern Illinois.
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Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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This 1787 imagining, by architect and designer Felice Soave and Giocondo Albertolli, was the setting for a love affair between Giuditta Cantù Turino, the frescoist Appiano’s great-niece, and Vincenzo Bellini, Italy’s most romantic and melodramatic operatic composer.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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