start a family

idiom

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

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People are deciding to have fewer children or not start a family. Elena Moore, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025 Evans, though, has previously spoken about his desire to start a family. Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025 Around that time, PEOPLE’s 2022 Sexiest Man Alive also opened up to PEOPLE about his desire to settle down and start a family, but didn’t mention Baptista. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 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 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 7 Nov. 2025.

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