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In Hjorth’s recent books, these vexing others are not romantic partners but members of the narrator’s original nuclear family.
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Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Our little nuclear family had become a noisy bunch.
—Alice Gregory, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
The national project of maintaining the white nuclear family, which has really been taken up in the 1940s as a way for certain political groups to organize, is able to find a lot of historical references in Minnesota that fit that narrative.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Jack and Anna are a nuclear family of four before His & Hers finally reveals the true truth.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
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Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Our little nuclear family had become a noisy bunch.
—Alice Gregory, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
The national project of maintaining the white nuclear family, which has really been taken up in the 1940s as a way for certain political groups to organize, is able to find a lot of historical references in Minnesota that fit that narrative.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
Jack and Anna are a nuclear family of four before His & Hers finally reveals the true truth.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
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 2 Mar. 2026.
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