as in nuclear families
a family that includes children from a previous marriage of the wife, husband, or both parents
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Black nuclear families, like the one Cardi B (who is Afro-Latina) was part of for the past seven years, are actually on the rise, according to Christina Cross, a professor, researcher, and sociologist at Harvard University who has studied this subject extensively.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
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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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While state or local governments can often issue tax-exempt bonds to finance large, job-creating projects, such as infrastructure construction, schooling, or healthcare, tribes cannot easily do the same.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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Today it’s fragmented across platforms, tribes, influencers, bots, niche communities and algorithmic feeds.—
Sarah DaVanzo,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Just a few days remain for early voting in the Georgia primary races, and candidates hoping to take the highest seat in the state are pulling out all the stops to reach voters.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Democrats over the last year have dominated races for governor and special elections for state legislative and congressional seats.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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The folks at the YMCA of Metro Denver believe that drowning deaths are completely preventable.—
Libby Smith,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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There’s also plenty of other finance folks, including Saul Goodman, Ken Moelis and Dan Levitan — plus legendary attorney Alan Grubman, Universal Music Group head Sir Lucian Grainge and several CAA agents.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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“Blended families.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blended%20families. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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