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
Kourtney Kardashian Barker spent the Christmas holiday with her blended family.
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Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 29 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
Beck grew up the youngest of seven kids in a blended family.
—Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2022
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
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Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 29 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
Beck grew up the youngest of seven kids in a blended family.
—Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2022
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blended family
Noun
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The ensemble includes a nuclear family, group of old friends, an unlikely couple, and Season 1’s Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) — among many more.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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In the postwar period, right after the end of the Second World War, there was a culture clash between establishment lifestyle–the man in a gray flannel suit who works in a corporate job and has a conventional kind of nuclear family and white-picket-fence house—and the counterculture.—
Vittoria Elliott,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This event involves the couple ceremoniously serving tea to their parents, grandparents, and other members of their extended family.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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The two brothers said that of the 60 members of their extended family, only 11 have survived the war.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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In fact, not a single driver has died in a NASCAR race since that tragic day in February of 2001, no doubt saying the lives of countless drivers.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Shiffrin, in just her third race back from an injury that kept her off the slopes for two months, was in third place after the first run but was 12th in the second run to finish 1.37 off the lead and just a blink off the bronze pace.—
Zack Pierce,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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The change is aimed at easing administrative burdens and improving accessibility to services for people who need help with both substance use and mental health, according to Pritzker’s office and advocates.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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Those love songs were played on oldies stations, which is where many people who weren’t around in the 1960s got their first dose of this music.—
Colin Fleming,
New York Daily News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Lipski also pointed to Indigenous American lore from the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes that says stars form in the earth, then come up through the branches of cottonwood trees.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2025
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Parvati and Ethan both competed on Survivor: Winners at War, and had plenty of time to bond on the Edge of Extinction after both being voted out of the tribe.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Now the homeowner is requesting permission from the local council, to rezone the historic property as three houses and a cottage.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
18 Feb. 2025
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At its Berlin premiere, the film received a packed house and an emotional response from audiences.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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This is the first key piece of economic data since Singapore unveiled its 2025 budget on Feb. 18, which promised more support for households and businesses to combat cost of living pressures.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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The water’s heat will be used initially to warm 20,000 households in the Austrian capital.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Blended family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blended%20family. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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