nuclear family
Example Sentences
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Many Americans, research shows, find nuclear family structures isolating and insufficient, with some choosing to delay or avoid marriage.
From Los Angeles Times
“I grew up with a very nuclear family.”
But the breakdown of the nuclear family may very well be.
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.
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