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And when those divisions occur within nuclear families, the cracks run deep.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
One male and one female form a group with their children, a nuclear family, which can occasionally incorporate a third generation as well.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
As part of their campaign to Make America Great Again, the Republican party has promised a return to the good ol’ days, with strong nuclear families at the crux.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
There was a photograph of her older sister’s happy nuclear family, which had partly inspired Romy’s seemingly idyllic husband-and-two-kids existence at the movie’s outset, and a snapshot that Reijn had taken of a group of Wall Street interns in ill-fitting suits and backpacks.
—Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
One male and one female form a group with their children, a nuclear family, which can occasionally incorporate a third generation as well.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
As part of their campaign to Make America Great Again, the Republican party has promised a return to the good ol’ days, with strong nuclear families at the crux.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
There was a photograph of her older sister’s happy nuclear family, which had partly inspired Romy’s seemingly idyllic husband-and-two-kids existence at the movie’s outset, and a snapshot that Reijn had taken of a group of Wall Street interns in ill-fitting suits and backpacks.
—Alex Barasch, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Nuclear family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20family. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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