blended family

noun

Definition of blended familynext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blended family
  1. nuclear family
  2. extended family
  3. people
  4. tribe
  5. house
  6. household
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 family
Noun
  • The State Department also sanctioned the wife of Alejandro Castro Espin, a member of the Castro extended family.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 23 June 2026
  • In addition to Nancy and Grayton, Weston is survived by his father, Keith, and other extended family.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Definition of extended 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
  • The project carries the official blessing of Baker’s sons Jean-Claude Bouillon Baker and Brian Bouillon Baker, along with the Rainbow tribe.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless.
    — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of tribe
Noun
  • The house is in full expansion mode, said Elie Saab Jr, vice chairman and CEO of the Elie Saab Group.
    — Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Fall summons the urge to nest, and as temperatures drop, so does the desire to leave the house.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • In part, Sperr alleges that Kress has taken full control over Bass’ household and finances, and isolated him from lifelong friends and employees, attorneys wrote in the suit.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The open-source dataset contains 11,430 real-world trajectories collected across 14 industrial and household tasks.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of household

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“Blended family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blended%20family. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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