BLENDED FAMILY Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

blended family

noun

Definition of blended family

as in nuclear family

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

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Recent Examples of blended family In an interview with Essence for the magazine's cover story in April, Offset opened up about his blended family with his wife. — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2022 This year will mark the pair's first Christmas as a married couple, and with their blended family. — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Dec. 2022 Kardashian and Barker, 46, have been open about their IVF journey, which Kardashian underwent to add to their blended family that already includes five children. — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2022 Blame the complexity of the blended family, which isn’t unusual at all anymore, and the cult of celebrity that permeates so many threads. — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 23 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for blended family

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Noun

The show’s interests are theoretically in a nuclear family gradually coming back together, though even that theme is halfheartedly pursued.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 16 July 2026
Clark came up in a traditional American nuclear family in Des Moines, Iowa with a family history defined by sports, as her grandfather was a locally famous high school football coach.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026

Definition of nuclear family

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

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 tribe

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By chance, her parents and her sister had left the house just three days before the strike, because her mother couldn’t sleep.

— Ava Bambuck, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Games such as pickleball and activities like walking groups get people out of the house, combat isolation and keep both the body and mind engaged, O’Sullivan explained.

— Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of house

Noun

California has the fifth-highest income threshold for middle-class households in the country, with a 2026 middle-class income range of $66,766 to $200,298.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
As more households abandon traditional cable and satellite packages in favor of streaming platforms, the reach that advertisers once took for granted on linear TV are eroding.

— Kris Qiu, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of household

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