"blended family" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1984, Tom Frydenger, Adrienne Frydenger, The Blended Family, Chosen Books",
          "text": "The new traditions established in a blended family are either a blend of traditions both mates have brought into the marriage or something completely new. Because of Adrienne's and my family backgrounds, the blend of most of our traditions […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Kurt Johnston, Mark Oestreicher, My Family, Zondervan, page 128",
          "text": "In a blended family you may have a stepmother, a stepfather, stepbrothers, stepsisters, half brothers, half sisters, and even step-pets! You've got all sorts of stuff mixed into one new, blended family—a family that you are an important part of!",
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        "A stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners."
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
          "word": "uusperhe"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
          "word": "famille recomposée"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Patchworkfamilie"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
          "word": "mozaikcsalád"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rodzina patchworkowa"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "blended family"
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          "ref": "1984, Tom Frydenger, Adrienne Frydenger, The Blended Family, Chosen Books",
          "text": "The new traditions established in a blended family are either a blend of traditions both mates have brought into the marriage or something completely new. Because of Adrienne's and my family backgrounds, the blend of most of our traditions […]",
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        },
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          "text": "In a blended family you may have a stepmother, a stepfather, stepbrothers, stepsisters, half brothers, half sisters, and even step-pets! You've got all sorts of stuff mixed into one new, blended family—a family that you are an important part of!",
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        "A stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners."
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
      "word": "uusperhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
      "word": "famille recomposée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Patchworkfamilie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
      "word": "mozaikcsalád"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a stepfamily in which both new mates have one or more living children from prior partners",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rodzina patchworkowa"
    }
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