nuclear families

noun

Definition of nuclear familiesnext
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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  1. people
  2. tribes
  3. households
  4. blood
  5. clans
Noun
  • Bassett's designs, while classically stylish, are not for people who like ultra-modern aesthetics.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
  • This began to change as the stars grew up and forged lucrative careers as influencers and business people beyond Vanderpump’s restaurants.
    Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of people
Noun
  • Many tribes were critical of NAGPRA for empowering museums to make decisions about whether Indigenous people had valid connections to their ancestors.
    Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The Met and other museums with significant Native American collections are also being criticized for displaying work with descriptions that omit or minimize information about the wars, occupations, massacres, and exploitation that dominated the tribes’ past.
    Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of tribes
Noun
  • One hundred primary sampling units were randomly selected, with households selected via random walk and respondents selected via the last-birthday method.
    Gary Langer, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The support measures would include subsidies to low-income households and significantly larger grants to local governments, Ishiba said in the speech.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of households
Noun
  • Unlike the other traditional vampire roommates, Robinson doesn't feed off the blood of humans.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In-person shopping involves physical movement, which gets your blood flowing, can boost your energy, and triggers the release of feel-good neurotransmitters known as endorphins, Dr. Cummins says.
    Lauren Mazzo, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of blood
Noun
  • Chaos and crime Testing Hamas’ limited capabilities is the reemergence of armed gangs and clans, who held sway in Gaza before 2007.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Dungeons & Dragons taught fantasy fans to understand orcs as a fusion of racist tropes, combining a barbaric other and a vaguely native people of tribes and clans.
    Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Vox, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of clans
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