as in sister
a person connected with another by a common parent
I asked her if she had any siblings.
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Recent Examples of sibling
Suddenly these siblings from Adelaide officially became the Next Big Thing.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2025
The siblings released a public statement in support of their father in October 2024.
—Janeé Bolden, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
The Australian supernatural horror film follows siblings who uncover a terrifying ritual at their foster mother’s home.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 28 May 2025
On Tuesday, May 27, the official Kelce Brothers Instagram account for Travis, 35, and his older sibling, Jason Kelce, 37, shared photos of the aesthetics and construction site of 1587 Prime.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 May 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2025
The siblings released a public statement in support of their father in October 2024.
—Janeé Bolden, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
The Australian supernatural horror film follows siblings who uncover a terrifying ritual at their foster mother’s home.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 28 May 2025
On Tuesday, May 27, the official Kelce Brothers Instagram account for Travis, 35, and his older sibling, Jason Kelce, 37, shared photos of the aesthetics and construction site of 1587 Prime.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sibling
Noun
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The newborns would be cared for by the sisters, who baptized them into the Catholic faith.—
Time,
Time,
28 May 2025
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After graduating from a Dickensian church-run school and completing a year of college – supported by the meager salaries of his schoolteacher sisters – he was summoned at age 17 to New York by his four brothers, who’d already escaped across the Atlantic.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Or, it was supposed to go to his brother — but Jason overshot it, and a fan caught the ball instead.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2025
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Run by the Hernández brothers, the restaurant combines fine dining with a welcoming atmosphere in a small village setting.—
Carlsen Jes,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Grass was in Carpentersville to visit her grandparents and to go to her cousin’s choir concert.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Each was also fairly hearty, though a bit less than the calorie count from its more sophisticated and more expensive cousin, HelloFresh.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The vehicle was registered to a relative of Ernest Holmes.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
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That discovery led to a flood of other revelations about birth relatives.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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“Sibling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibling. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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