BLENDED FAMILY Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

blended family

noun

Definition of blended family

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 November 2021, Johnson brought his blended family together for the premiere of his film Red Notice. — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023 Dietrich, 36, is now a stay-at-home mother to her blended family of four teenagers and a 17-month-old. — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2023 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 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

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The show about the white-picket fence Cleaver family and their troublesome son created a foundational image of post-war Americana that has been so influential, the show’s title is a shorthand for this era of conservative nuclear family values.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Consider that, according to the Center for American Progress, in 1970, 67 percent of adults (defined as 25 to 49 years old) lived in a traditional nuclear family with a spouse and one or more minor children.

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026

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Respective leaders from Micron, INL, the Idaho Potato Commission and the three native tribes each said they were honored to take part in the time capsule project.

— Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2026
Learn more about the past and present with a visit to the Wind River Indian Reservation, the seventh largest reservation in the country and home to the Eastern Shoshone and the Northern Arapaho tribes.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

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Authorities wanted to close what some consider a legal loophole allowing cardrooms to offer blackjack and games in which players play against the house.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Bieber recently brought down the house at this year’s Coachella, playing both weekends as the headliner.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

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