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 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

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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

Language requiring state agencies to secure tribal consent before building projects that might affect Indigenous spiritual practices and the ability of tribes and individual members to sue if those rights are violated.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Quannah ChasingHorse is a Han Gwich’in and Sicangu/Oglala Lakota land protector and fashion model from Eagle Village, Alaska, and the tribes of South Dakota.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of tribes

Noun

Then stick around to discover how the inclusive café is offering dignity and a seat at the table for folks from all walks of life, during both happy and harrowing times.

— Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
This doesn’t necessarily mean too many folks are just letting loose in the water.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of folks

Noun

The developers also said the property would be rented to households earning up to 30% of the area median income, a level federal housing guidelines classify as extremely low-income.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Compared to rising energy prices, increases in food costs have a more direct impact on living costs for households and are more likely to push up inflation expectations.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of households

Noun

After being implanted beneath the skin of their backs, the tissues developed their own blood supply and began to contract spontaneously.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Among adult pedestrians killed in nighttime crashes, about a third had blood alcohol levels indicating intoxication; so did about 20% of those killed during the day.

— Paula Span, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of blood

Noun

But rising bond yields make safer government debt more attractive relative to stocks, while also reducing the present value investors assign to companies’ future earnings.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Oil jumped by more than 5% to $95 a barrel, while Asian stocks slid over worries the latest attacks point to protracted hostilities.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of stocks

Noun

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
Scores attach to a profile, clans compete by country, challenges travel between friends.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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