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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
This year will mark the pair's first Christmas as a married couple, and with their blended family.
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Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Dec. 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
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 | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 23 Oct. 2022
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Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Dec. 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
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 | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 23 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blended family
Noun
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Among many other things, Firestone wanted to abolish gender, capitalism, monogamy, childbirth, and the nuclear family model.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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The audience experiences how Keisha lives humbly in an apartment in Windsor Hills with her single mom, compared to Justin who has a very nuclear family who resides in View Park.—
Malik Peay,
Essence,
12 June 2025
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My extended family had flown in to New York City from Lebanon for a wedding.—
Noor Hassan,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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Last week, Rowe’s casket, covered with an American flag, rolled down a conveyer belt surrounded by saluting Marines and was loaded into a hearse as members of his extended family watched.—
Kairi Lowery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
Noun
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Last year, his season featured 24 races across six months.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Top influencers are posting photos and videos of themselves at races, the WAGs of top drivers are becoming famous, and everyone’s tuning in.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
27 June 2025
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The men’s team has already qualified for the World Cup in 2026, meaning a third appearance at a men’s World Cup for a nation of just over five million people.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Most of the strikes occur in the summer, killing 20 people each year, according to the NWS.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025
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Zeldin's immediate termination of some $3 billion from the Environmental and Climate Justice block program impacted 350 environmental organizations, cities and tribes that all saw their grants evaporate without warning.—
Tracy J. Wholf
June 26,
CBS News,
26 June 2025
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Funding is open to tribes, nonprofit organizations and public agencies working to provide free access to adaptive equipment on the coast and near lakes, rivers, and bays.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
25 June 2025
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Two other roommates survived, including one who described to police seeing a man in black clothes walk past her in the house.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
1 July 2025
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In the early hours of Nov. 13, students Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle were stabbed to death in the girls' off-campus house.—
Kayna Whitworth,
ABC News,
30 June 2025
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Source: The College Board's annual Trends in College Pricing College tuition has surged by 5.6% a year, on average, since 1983, significantly outpacing other household expenses, a recent study by J.P. Morgan Asset Management found.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
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For example, a family of four with a total household income of less than $80,000 would qualify for assistance through the program.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
24 June 2025
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“Blended family.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blended%20family. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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