nuclear family
Example Sentences
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There’s a real “misery loves company” component to the pressure to shoehorn everyone into their narrow vision of the nuclear family.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
Many Americans, research shows, find nuclear family structures isolating and insufficient, with some choosing to delay or avoid marriage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
The nuclear family is destroyed; the crime family is falling apart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
Scott recalled growing up in a working-class family in Birmingham, "in a world of soap operas and things" where TV characters were mostly in heterosexual relationships or "settled down" in a nuclear family.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
In the close quarters of an American nuclear family, their mother's prodigious energy was becoming a real drain on their self-determination.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
