NUCLEAR FAMILIES Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

nuclear families

noun

plural of nuclear family

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 Multiple titles also chart for Millennials and the Gen Z the evolution of bedrock relations beyond those of nuclear families. — John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026 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, 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 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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Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

According to the notice, the official handover of the objects, which belong to the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes based in Oklahoma, is scheduled for this summer, on or after June 11.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Most of Chocó's 600,000 inhabitants live in poverty, according to figures published last year by Colombia’s national government, and it is largely inhabited by Indigenous tribes and Afro Colombian communities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of tribes

Noun

But in some of the most critical races that will help decide control of the next Congress, several Democrats are openly sharing how their faith shapes them and their politics.

— Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
As a consequence, Chicagoland no longer had any races luring the best horses in North America, a major blow to the prestige of the circuit.

— Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of races

Noun

For folks in Australia looking for a compact SUV-sorta car, the ASX VR-e will offer up an alternative to the MG 4 and BYD's Dolphin, both hailing from China.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
There’s still time to bring a book to the beach, and the folks sharing on Goodreads have loads of ideas.

— Ela Jalil, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of folks

Noun

Housing prices and expenses have risen dramatically without a comparable rise in what many households earn.

— Dan Bray, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Solar use has surged in South Africa and Nigeria as households and businesses look for alternatives to unreliable state-run grids.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of households

Noun

Someone with gestational hypertension will need more frequent monitoring, which may include home blood pressure measurements, blood and urine tests, and additional monitoring of fetal growth and well-being.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Crude is the country’s life blood, accounting for as much as 98% of the country’s exports.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of blood

Noun

Recent months have seen an expansion of Russian missile attacks all across Ukraine, as officials in Kyiv warn that Ukrainian stocks of anti-missile interceptor munitions are dangerously low and, in some cases, exhausted.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
But in recent weeks, Moscow has repeatedly exploited Kyiv’s near-zero stocks of Patriot interceptor missiles, which are needed to defend against faster-moving ballistic missiles.

— Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of stocks

Noun

All Palestinian clans and families in Gaza would also be a target for disarmament, which would have an impact on the future of Hamas and Palestinian armed struggle.

— Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
Scores attach to a profile, clans compete by country, challenges travel between friends.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of clans

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