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

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According to the notice, the official handover of the objects, which belong to the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes based in Oklahoma, is scheduled for this summer, on or after June 11.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Most of Chocó's 600,000 inhabitants live in poverty, according to figures published last year by Colombia’s national government, and it is largely inhabited by Indigenous tribes and Afro Colombian communities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of tribes

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But in some of the most critical races that will help decide control of the next Congress, several Democrats are openly sharing how their faith shapes them and their politics.

— Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
As a consequence, Chicagoland no longer had any races luring the best horses in North America, a major blow to the prestige of the circuit.

— Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of races

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For folks in Australia looking for a compact SUV-sorta car, the ASX VR-e will offer up an alternative to the MG 4 and BYD's Dolphin, both hailing from China.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
There’s still time to bring a book to the beach, and the folks sharing on Goodreads have loads of ideas.

— Ela Jalil, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2026

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