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blended family

American  

noun

  1. a family composed of a couple and their children from previous marriages.


Etymology

Origin of blended family

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

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Related: ‘I’m part of a blended family that didn’t blend well’: My stepsister added her mailing address to our mother’s bank account.

From MarketWatch

We have a peaceful, if somewhat unconventional, blended family.

From MarketWatch

I’m part of a blended family that didn’t blend well.

From MarketWatch

She and her husband, Ben Sawyer, have a blended family of five children and nine grandchildren, most of whom live near their cozy home in Goleta.

From Los Angeles Times

A product of a blended family, one of 10 children, I never had a room of my own until I realized one day that my garage could have a second story, and if I built a room up there, it could be mine.

From Los Angeles Times