nuclear family
Example Sentences
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The nuclear family is destroyed; the crime family is falling apart.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
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
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
