: a family group that consists only of parents and children
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But most are united in the belief that modern culture has failed to adequately prioritize the value of nuclear families and making lots of babies.—Lisa Hagen, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025 Fewer than 20 percent of U.S. households now resemble the traditional nuclear family.—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025 If a DeLorean with plutonium fueled that 1985 adventure, what powers the nuclear family today?—Michael Alcée, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025 From the outside their lives are pictures of the perfect nuclear family, though in private the everyday tensions of contemporary life are all too familiar.—Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear family
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