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
Once was when I was 18 years old, and it was definitely mental illness: I want the nuclear family that I didn’t have, and I want it now.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
But the breakdown of the nuclear family may very well be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
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
