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Recent Examples of stepparent
The firm's lawyers have vast experience in family law for different categories of family legal matters such as divorce, custody of children, legitimation, name changes, or even adoption by a stepparent or relative.
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Here's everything to know about the slain YouTuber's mom, dad and stepparents — including their fight to keep her memory alive.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
These children just turned their wishes into forever memories by popping the ultimate question to their stepparents.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Enjoy three special moments caught on camera when stepparents unwrapped the present of a lifetime, making their love official!
—Sarah Scanlan, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Here's everything to know about the slain YouTuber's mom, dad and stepparents — including their fight to keep her memory alive.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
These children just turned their wishes into forever memories by popping the ultimate question to their stepparents.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
Enjoy three special moments caught on camera when stepparents unwrapped the present of a lifetime, making their love official!
—Sarah Scanlan, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepparent
Noun
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In Robbins, Wade lived with his father, stepmother, and four stepsiblings.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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The new Snow White represents progressive mediocrity — the antagonism between Snow White and her evil stepmother (Gal Gadot) is bland and uninteresting after the remarkable modern version White as Snow that starred Lou de Laâge and Isabelle Huppert.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Sinno finds injustice in the fact that, once her stepfather completed his term—he was released from prison after five years for good behavior—society granted him the right to a second chance.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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Michael Carrillo said Pedro Garcia was working with his stepfather in construction and had a girlfriend.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2025
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The thought of a TikTok ban in the U.S. under a federal law passed in April 2024 that stated the app would have to go unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sold its U.S. operations brought on strong emotions among many creators back in January.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
5 Apr. 2025
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In January 2025, JCPenney merged with Sparc Group, the parent company of brands like Aeropostale, Lucky Brand and Forever 21, in order to form a new company called Catalyst Brands.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The 69-year-old hails from an ethnically mixed family – his father is Azeri and his mother is Kurdish.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
6 July 2024
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And if your mother doesn't feel comfortable setting her own boundary, offer to be her excuse.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
6 July 2024
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Among others, this season's cast included Hook's Piper and her family: dad Timothy (Jason Isaacs), mom Victoria (Parker Posey), and brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger), and Lochlan (Sam Nivola).—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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My dad even has a bad knee, so the commitment was 100% there.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Like any mom, she was focused on keeping her little one safe.—
Melissa Noel,
Essence,
2 Apr. 2025
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Turns out: My mom’s matzo balls—the ones that cured my winter colds, celebrated my milestones at school, and punctuated our Jewish holidays—aren’t my mom’s at all.—
Emma Laperruque,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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