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 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

At a convening in Santa Fe, tribes gathered to protest the Bureau of Indian Education, and among the protesters was John Rainer, a tribal leader from Taos Pueblo.

— Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The deal is the latest example of environmental groups working with tribes in California and other parts of the West to restore and return property that was taken, often forcibly, as settlements grew in California in the 1700s and 1800s.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

Definition of tribes

Noun

Wheelie contests, one-on-one races and freestyle trick events filled the air with engine revs and track dirt as the drivers precariously balanced, drifted and jumped the 10,000 pound vehicles.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
On the island, Heiva i Tahiti has been celebrated every July since, with traditional dance, drumming, singing and sports, such as javelin throwing and canoe races.

— Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of races

Noun

However, the vast majority of these folks did not actually vote, and many asked for their erroneous registrations to be purged, contrary to the Republican fantasy that millions of noncitizens are all gunning to illegally vote.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
Not even the film leaking on Twitter could deter folks from theaters.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 July 2026

Definition of folks

Noun

The action would also allow all residents to get local, regional, state and federal agencies’ help with the financial aftermath that households and businesses now must deal with — utility bills, loss of wages and revenue — for weeks, if not months.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
The global economy – and American households – have already been dealing with over a year of tariff uncertainty.

— Rafael Nam, NPR, 25 July 2026

Definition of households

Noun

Nanos noted there was blood and other DNA found at the scene that is also still being analyzed, but has so far also yielded no results.

— Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 July 2026
The note probably wouldn’t have been legible anyway, with the constant blood dripping from my writing hand.

— Todd Orr, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026

Definition of blood

Noun

Memory stocks also surged as Samsung warned the memory crunch could last into 2028.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 July 2026
The Kospi index had sunk more than 17% in the previous three days as investors dumped technology stocks in part over worries about an AI bubble and rising competition from chipmaking and AI rivals in China.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of stocks

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The Richards family is one of America’s richest clans, thanks to its electrical manufacturing company Southwire.

— Simone Melvin, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Warrior Cats is based on Erin Hunter’s feline book series that follows the adventures and drama of multiple clans of feral cats.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 June 2026

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