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It’s populated largely by white people, most of whom are grouped off into tidy nuclear families.
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Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
My boarding zone got called and this nuclear family that was clearly doing a big trip together closed ranks.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left (1972) depicted a teenager’s rape and murder, and the destruction of the nuclear family, echoing the more sensational, less sanitized newscasts that became the norm.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
Under the protocol signed between Italy and Albania last year, those sent to Albania must not show signs of torture, illness or vulnerability or be part of nuclear families traveling together.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
My boarding zone got called and this nuclear family that was clearly doing a big trip together closed ranks.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left (1972) depicted a teenager’s rape and murder, and the destruction of the nuclear family, echoing the more sensational, less sanitized newscasts that became the norm.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
Under the protocol signed between Italy and Albania last year, those sent to Albania must not show signs of torture, illness or vulnerability or be part of nuclear families traveling together.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Nuclear family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20family. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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