start a family

idiom

: to begin having children
They want to start a family soon.

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Lady Gaga sat down with Stephen Colbert for a deep dive on her career, her earliest days performing in New York City, her desire to start a family, and her perfect bagel order on The Late Show. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025 Multiple sources later shared with PEOPLE that Dobrev wanted to get married and start a family, but White was not on the same page. Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 But age doesn’t tell you everything about a person—someone older may still be in school, and someone younger might want to start a family. Jenna Ryu, SELF, 1 Oct. 2025 From the extreme toll of training to the desire to start a family, director Jon Glassberg shines a light on the pressures faced by a person completing a high profile feat. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for start a family

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“Start a family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/start%20a%20family. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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