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Recent Examples of stepsister
Recall, in the Brothers Grimm story, how one of the stepsisters, in a grisly attempt to fit into the famed slipper, takes a knife to her toes.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Other survivors include his brother Brad Baena and stepsister and stepbrother Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Jan. 2025
He is survived by Plaza, his mother Barbara Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, father Scott Baena, stepmother Michele Baena, brother Brad Baena, stepsister Bianca Gabay and stepbrother Jed Fluxman.
—Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Trish Jackson remembered her late stepsister as a hardworking mother who was just getting back on her feet after a divorce when she was killed, according to USA Today.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
Other survivors include his brother Brad Baena and stepsister and stepbrother Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Jan. 2025
He is survived by Plaza, his mother Barbara Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, father Scott Baena, stepmother Michele Baena, brother Brad Baena, stepsister Bianca Gabay and stepbrother Jed Fluxman.
—Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Trish Jackson remembered her late stepsister as a hardworking mother who was just getting back on her feet after a divorce when she was killed, according to USA Today.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepsister
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The puppy who chewed off the face of a Queens baby girl who had just died in her parents bed was going to be trained as a service dog for the baby’s non-verbal autistic stepbrother, the heartbroken parents said Thursday.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
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Bail Organa adopts the girl, and Obi-Wan Kenobi takes the boy to Tatooine, where he is raised by Anakin's stepbrother, Owen Lars.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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
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The Gaudreau family has deep family connections with the school: Jane’s brother has special needs, and their mother worked there for more than 40 years.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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However, that’s because Buckle’s dividend has long been unlike its fashion retail brethren.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Suddenly these siblings from Adelaide officially became the Next Big Thing.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2025
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The siblings released a public statement in support of their father in October 2024.—
Janeé Bolden,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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By contrast, her brood of uncles and cousins, who confusingly resemble the parallel hippie gang in the 1983 sequences, never acquire definition as individual characters.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
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Jackson says Burgin, who was allegedly upset by Cole's filing, tried to hit her and also threatened that his cousin, Mark Burgin, would kill Cole in retaliation.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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“Stepsister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepsister. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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