nuclear families

plural of nuclear family

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Recent Examples of nuclear families The Republican party has promised a return to the good ol’ days, with strong nuclear families at the crux and a fight against the declining birth rate. — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear families
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
Noun
  • Exhibits here cover the history of the area from its first inhabitants, the people of the Osage and Missouri tribes, to Arrow Rock’s subsequent role in westward expansion.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Twenty-one players, two tribes — there’s still tricks up host Jeff Probst’s sleeve.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Heading into the midterm elections, AI now ranks as a key issue in races that will help decide control of both chambers of Congress.
    — Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Prominent Democratic candidates in Iowa, Wisconsin and Kansas have also stated a preference for Harris to steer clear of their races.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • And no matter what happens, there are a lot of these folks who win in 2026 will be in real danger in 2028.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole There’s nothing the Southern Living Test Kitchen can’t turn into a casserole, folks!
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • About 2,500 households are without power in New York City, according to NYC Emergency Management.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The American Pet Products Association estimated that 53 million households owned a cat in 2025 following a recent surge.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Introduced crawling through the Trask family’s field, her black blood spattering their rich soil like a human pesticide, Cathy personifies the series’ potent blend of dread and beauty.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Gua sha uses flat blunt tools, often pink quartz, to press and scrape across the skin to relieve muscle tension and boost blood circulation, according to L’Oréal Paris.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Stop Insider Trading Act, meanwhile, bans lawmakers and their spouses from buying stocks.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Mega-cap growth and tech stocks are up 14% since the end of July to a record high, compared with the rest of the S & P 500 which is down 3% over the same period, according to a report led by Deutsche Bank strategist Parag Thatte.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Ali Mahmoud Ali, the group's Sudan analyst, said that the latest clashes risk bringing in more Nuba clans into the fight and could increase divisions across South Kordofan, where communities are facing an already dire humanitarian situation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • 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

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“Nuclear families.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear%20families. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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