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The pronatalist perspective generally supports government intervention to encourage procreation and is rooted in a belief that modern culture has failed to celebrate the nuclear family.
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Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
The nuclear family grieved privately at each milestone, joined, in time, by new members of the family, like Caroline's husband, Edwin Schlossberg, and their three children.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Looking to the 1950s nuclear family, Taubman envisioned moments of vulnerability behind the white picket fence.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
How should families think about the definition of family, which has long been thought of as the nuclear family?
—Angela Haupt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
The nuclear family grieved privately at each milestone, joined, in time, by new members of the family, like Caroline's husband, Edwin Schlossberg, and their three children.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
Looking to the 1950s nuclear family, Taubman envisioned moments of vulnerability behind the white picket fence.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
How should families think about the definition of family, which has long been thought of as the nuclear family?
—Angela Haupt, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nuclear family
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“Nuclear family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20family. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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