as in nuclear families
a family that includes children from a previous marriage of the wife, husband, or both parents
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Built up in the 1870s as a resort for nuclear families, Fire Island was destroyed by a hurricane in the 1930s, which quickly chased away its upper-class vacationers.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
23 May 2026 -
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,
3 Oct. 2025
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Other tribes offer similar plates.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Anthropologist David Samson, the book’s author and an associate professor at the University of Toronto, has scaled trees to study chimpanzee beds and visited remote tribes to understand how the story of human sleep unfolded.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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That’s why close races can shift long after the last voter leaves a polling place.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Voters across California decided the top two candidates to advance to the general election in races for governor and other statewide offices and Congress.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Millions of Californians — not just low-income folks — are going to feel the effects, whether through a loss of insurance, fewer providers able to keep their doors open, or rising premiums and costs.—
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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First 15,000 folks through Truist Park gates tonight get a Drake Baldwin Braves hockey jersey.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
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“Blended families.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blended%20families. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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