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
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Relying only on our standard social unit, the nuclear family, can feel isolating for many people.Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
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The historian Katherine Otis has studied expert advice given to grandparents and found that, in the nineteen-fifties and sixties, at the apex of the nuclear family, seniors were chided for meddling.Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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The tab for celebratory dinners with his extended family often approached four digits, and his paycheck as a software engineer wasn’t stretching as far as before.Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Robertson and his extended family were originally turned into TV and pop culture stars in 2012.Janelle Ash, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
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But the Bucs finish at home against an easier pair of opponents (Panthers, Saints), so this race isn’t over.Jeff Howe and Austin Mock, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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For Black graduates, race weighs heavily on the social and economic outcomes associated with a college degree.Michael Collins, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The four people charged in connection with the fire were indicted Friday.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
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Tsao argues people sticking together will prove to be a critical factor in keeping as many of them protected as possible.Glenn Minnis | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
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In highly resource scarce communities, such as the desert tribes of the Sahara, the mineral commodity of choice was not an inert metal like gold but a compound formed by one of the most reactive metals in the periodic table – sodium.Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Embedded in the tribe’s daily customs are religious rituals that represent the Arhuacao’s spiritual connection to nature and responsibility to protect Mother Earth.Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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With a thin majority in the house, and being far short of the 60 votes needed in the Senate to pass votes at will, a split has emerged among GOP leaders over how—and when—to turn Trump’s legislative agenda into law.The Editors, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2024
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According to evidence introduced at trial, on May 29, 2023, the defendant provided alcohol to a minor female who was invited to spend the night at Hariprasad’s house by a minor female friend.Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2024
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Wine and chocolate The Curry household is at capacity.Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Netflix claimed 60 million households worldwide watched its Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing match in November.Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Blended family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blended%20family. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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