: a family group that consists only of parents and children
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People who got married were expected to eventually have children and raise a nuclear family that contributed to society.—Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 Trump has made the traditional nuclear family a touchstone of domestic policy.—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025 We aren’t treated to a valorization of the nuclear family, or an African spin on resurgent tradwifery, or a paeon to the miracles of motherhood.—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025 Musk's decision to father children with multiple women has attracted criticism from some social conservatives, who believe in the nuclear family centered around a mother and father.—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nuclear family
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