: a family group that consists only of parents and children
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Cats have a one-in-seven chance of harboring the disease, a likelihood that increases to one-in-four for pig and rhesus macaque nuclear families.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025 This story point was inspired by a couple break-ins that Odenkirk’s own nuclear family endured over the years.—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025 One Eden Vale ad shows a nuclear family floating through a suburban utopia, landing at a table set with cottage cheese salads and a big tomato.—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 6 Aug. 2025 Most benefit systems are still optimized for an average world that no longer exists, one with nuclear families, linear careers, and a hard stop at 65.—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear family
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