Examples of nuclear family in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
When Family Separation Became a Human Rights Issue In the aftermath of World War II, preserving the nuclear family became a key pillar of liberal democratic ideology.
—
JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Part of that was recognized in the assimilation policy of eradicating native language because that eradicates worldview, starts severing those family ties and creates this idea of nuclear family units, dividing community, creating this separation.
—Tomris Laffly, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
Staring into the gaping maw of what had once been a neighbour’s window brought an uncomfortable mix of wondering what (or who) was inside and remembering days when the satisfying answer to that question would have simply been a nuclear family.
—Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
To play it well, five people—which is to say, a group roughly the size of a rock band, a hunting party, or a nuclear family—must move together in a way that can be improvised in real time.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for nuclear family 
JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Part of that was recognized in the assimilation policy of eradicating native language because that eradicates worldview, starts severing those family ties and creates this idea of nuclear family units, dividing community, creating this separation.
—Tomris Laffly, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
Staring into the gaping maw of what had once been a neighbour’s window brought an uncomfortable mix of wondering what (or who) was inside and remembering days when the satisfying answer to that question would have simply been a nuclear family.
—Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
To play it well, five people—which is to say, a group roughly the size of a rock band, a hunting party, or a nuclear family—must move together in a way that can be improvised in real time.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for nuclear family
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'nuclear family.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Articles Related to nuclear family
Dictionary Entries Near nuclear family
Cite this Entry
“Nuclear family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20family. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share