as in extended family
the part of a family that includes only the father, mother, and children
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Recent Examples of nuclear family
Fewer than 20 percent of U.S. households now resemble the traditional nuclear family.
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Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
If a DeLorean with plutonium fueled that 1985 adventure, what powers the nuclear family today?
—Michael Alcée, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
From the outside their lives are pictures of the perfect nuclear family, though in private the everyday tensions of contemporary life are all too familiar.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
Despite all the fronting, Saxon isn’t taken seriously by most of his nuclear family, which probably extends to a lot of people elsewhere in his life.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2025
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Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
If a DeLorean with plutonium fueled that 1985 adventure, what powers the nuclear family today?
—Michael Alcée, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
From the outside their lives are pictures of the perfect nuclear family, though in private the everyday tensions of contemporary life are all too familiar.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
Despite all the fronting, Saxon isn’t taken seriously by most of his nuclear family, which probably extends to a lot of people elsewhere in his life.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear family
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My extended family had flown in to New York City from Lebanon for a wedding.—
Noor Hassan,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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Last week, Rowe’s casket, covered with an American flag, rolled down a conveyer belt surrounded by saluting Marines and was loaded into a hearse as members of his extended family watched.—
Kairi Lowery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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In November 2021, Johnson brought his blended family together for the premiere of his film Red Notice.—
Kelsie Gibson,
Peoplemag,
8 Feb. 2023
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In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in December, Teresa opened up about how her daughters love their new blended family following her extravagant August wedding to Ruelas — who is also father to sons Nicholas, 21, and Louie Jr., 19.—
Natalia Senanayake,
Peoplemag,
18 Jan. 2023
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About 92% of measles cases in 2025 were in people who were either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, according to the CDC.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Search and rescue operations in central Texas entered their fifth day on Tuesday after heavy rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River, sending floodwaters through homes and summer camps and killing over 100 people.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Last year, his season featured 24 races across six months.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Le Mans Year: 1971 Director: John Frankenheimer Runtime: 1h 46m Even more than Grand Prix, this feels like two movies: One is basically a documentary about the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race, featuring footage of the actual cars and drivers, combined with impressive behind-the-scenes footage.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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The research center — which will take the lead in directing the moa efforts — was established in 2011 to support the Ngāi Tahu, the principal iwi (Māori tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand.—
Degen Pener,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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The Ngāi Tahu are the principal Māori tribe of the southern region of New Zealand — home to the South Island giant moa, the largest of the nine moa species Colossal plans to restore over the next five to 10 years.—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
8 July 2025
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The median household wealth in New Zealand, as reported in a 2021 study, was approximately $397,000.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Since the band formed in 2008, Nanook's brand of melancholic folk-pop has sold around 5,000 records in Greenland − meaning that about 1 in 10 Greenlanders, 1 in 4 or 5 households, could own one.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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Two other roommates survived, including one who described to police seeing a man in black clothes walk past her in the house.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
1 July 2025
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The real estate market for used homes has seen a dip in inventory of stock because many senior citizens have decided to stay in their current houses.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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The new season will also see Justin training the three young wizards for the Family Wizard Competition, all while the Russo clan faces a new threat that could change everything.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
27 June 2025
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And, of course, the Kardashian-Jenner clan stepped out in style.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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“Nuclear family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear%20family. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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