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

The Republican party has promised a return to the good ol’ days, with strong nuclear families at the crux and a fight against the declining birth rate.

— Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Multiple titles also chart for Millennials and the Gen Z the evolution of bedrock relations beyond those of nuclear families.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of nuclear families

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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

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Language requiring state agencies to secure tribal consent before building projects that might affect Indigenous spiritual practices and the ability of tribes and individual members to sue if those rights are violated.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Quannah ChasingHorse is a Han Gwich’in and Sicangu/Oglala Lakota land protector and fashion model from Eagle Village, Alaska, and the tribes of South Dakota.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

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Well, one of the biggest things because one of them is also how many Republicans, especially in key races, actually show up in a place like Texas, in a place that the president is billing as so important for these next 60 days.

— NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
The startled deputy lets out a scream and races back toward his patrol vehicle.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

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