nuclear family

Example Sentences

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“I grew up with a very nuclear family.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But the breakdown of the nuclear family may very well be.

From The Wall Street Journal

The author was born into a traditional nuclear family: father Carl was an entomologist and mother Margaret a dietitian/nutritionist; her brother Harold preceded her, and sister Ruth arrived a dozen years later.

From Los Angeles Times

The nuclear family is destroyed; the crime family is falling apart.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I want them to see how Easy has developed and changed over the years. And that family, even though Easy’s doesn’t look like the nuclear family, is what America has always been about.”

From Los Angeles Times