BLENDED FAMILIES Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

blended families

noun

plural of blended family

as in nuclear families

a family that includes children from a previous marriage of the wife, husband, or both parents

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Noun

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, 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

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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

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Tribal governments, whose compacts trade exclusivity for revenue shares, have their own version of the grievance, which is why four New Mexico tribes sued Kalshi in May on sovereignty grounds.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
But the department has been running into opposition by landowners, environmental groups, Native American tribes and others who argue that the rapid construction endangers environmental and religious sites and a way of life along the border.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of tribes

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The president right now is minus 45 among independents, and so in these races that are going to be very close, those independents are going to make the difference.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Those donations are a fraction of the funds typically raised in the countywide races.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of races

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Soon, the Toupses began feeding employees’ friends and families who were also struggling, and as word spread, more folks in need started reaching out.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
Food people are normally a raucous, emotive bunch, but there was a tightness in the air as folks arrived and took their seats.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

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