blended family
Americannoun
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
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