as in nuclear families
a family that includes children from a previous marriage of the wife, husband, or both parents
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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
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As the season goes on, the tribes will dwindle down until there's one sole survivor.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which attempted to eliminate or remove all tribes to west of the Mississippi River.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Trustee Sharon Whitehurst-Payne said Pendleton’s leadership style was to mentor people of all races.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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The trend is consistent across all races and ethnicities, as well as educational attainment.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Jaglom became a studio-eschewing writer-director, making films starring New Hollywood folks like Dennis Hopper, Karen Black, and Nicholson.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Along with a slew of other prominent folks, actress Yvette Mimieux was even rumored to have occupied the Maravilla Road property in the late 1960s.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Blended families.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blended%20families. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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