nuclear family
Example Sentences
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But the breakdown of the nuclear family may very well be.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The 20th century saw the rise of the nuclear family, and most homes were bought and occupied by parents and their children.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 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
This contrasts with the Western nuclear family model, where learning is often centered around parents or teachers in a formalized school setting.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
Behind him huddled his nuclear family, a circle of two smaller females and about eighteen bucktoothed guinea pig children.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
