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

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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Rockefeller's vast wealth was always a source of conversation and an undercurrent in his political races.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
Democrats made high power bills, clean energy and stricter scrutiny of data center contracts the focus on their races.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of races

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Lee contributed to more development than his own, eventually selling 20 acres at East Colonial Drive and Bumby Avenue to the folks who’d develop the Colonial Plaza shopping center.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
And it can be argued, credibly, that no other group on this soil has struggled for freedom, for justice, for equality, and for true democracy as long and as doggedly as Black folks.

— Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

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