as in blended families
the part of a family that includes only the father, mother, and children
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Recent Examples of nuclear families
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.
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Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
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
Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear families
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Chasing Horse was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Sicangu Sioux, one of the seven tribes of the Lakota Nation.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Environmental groups and tribes could conceivably challenge every permit in court, potentially blocking Twin Metals’ plans for years.—
Todd Richmond,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Candidates were asked whether noncitizens should be allowed to vote in local elections, a reference to the recent efforts undertaken by Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez that could potentially let noncitizens in Los Angeles cast their ballot for races like mayor.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The left-leaning Pipeline Fund, which started in 2018, helped Democrats in Florida pick up fifteen school-board seats in 2024, and plans to back candidates in school-board and other down-ballot races across twenty-one states in the next midterms.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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There’s already a Lake George in Hammond where folks fish for bass.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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That is exactly what Delany-Brumsey did in her time at Fountain House, a leading nonprofit which uses the successful clubhouse model for such folks.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
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These are the households most at risk for becoming homeless.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Middle-income households fell in-between.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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She was booked early the next morning and, according to a law enforcement source, Spears’ blood was drawn at Los Robles Regional Medical Center.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Hillsborough sheriff’s investigators found what tested positive for blood in the apartment Limon and Abugharbieh shared with a third roommate in the Avalon Heights apartments, an off-campus complex where USF students live.—
Tony Marrero,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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In early 2020, at least two senators attended closed-door COVID briefings and then sold millions in stocks before the February 2020 crash.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Members of Congress should be completely banned from buying and selling individual stocks.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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However, the ruthless King Saran (Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor) has suppressed magic users and enacts a rule of terror, which Zelie hopes to end in order to reunite Orisha’s clans.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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After fighting to find their way back to one another, Henry and Julia were at the standing stones of Craig Na Dun, hoping to return to their own time, and Brian and Ellen’s romantic escape was interrupted as the 1715 Jacobite Rising began, thrusting the clans into war.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Nuclear families.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear%20families. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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