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Recent Examples of stepsister
Despite this, the family continued to take the stepsister's side and dismissed concerns about her behavior.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Book fans will recognize them as Sophie's stepmother and stepsisters.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
His name was initially cleared but police returned their focus on him after his stepsister contacted authorities in 2008, telling them their mother allegedly implicated her son on her own deathbed.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
The rest of us are the ugly stepsister, struggling to fit into the shoe.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Book fans will recognize them as Sophie's stepmother and stepsisters.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
His name was initially cleared but police returned their focus on him after his stepsister contacted authorities in 2008, telling them their mother allegedly implicated her son on her own deathbed.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
The rest of us are the ugly stepsister, struggling to fit into the shoe.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepsister
Noun
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Appearing in his second Saturday Night Live-adjacent film after Wayne's World, Lowe played the villainous Paul Barrish, Tommy's older stepbrother, who plots to take over his father's company with help from his secret lover, partner-in-crime, and pretend mother, Beverly (played by Bo Derek).—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Bell and Josh played stepbrothers (who shared the same first names as the actors playing them), with Miranda Cosgrove as Drake’s younger sister.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Superior Court Judge Craig Collins from neighboring Gaston county also rejected it after Tench’s friends and family — his mother, sister and aunts — submitted and read aloud letters underlining the effect Tench’s disappearance and apparent death have had.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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The former couple both appeared in a number of fan-favorite films and television shows in the 1990s and 2000s, with Hardrict briefly appearing on Felicity and Mowry and her twin sister, Tamera Mowry, appearing in Sister, Sister, Twitches, and more.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jason also showed off his newborn to his famous brother, Travis, on their podcast.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
2 Apr. 2025
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She's even worked on the score for several projects that starred her brother, including Twisters and Anyone But You.—
McKinley Franklin,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Filming wrapped well over a year ago on the anthology comedy-drama about estranged siblings reuniting, with stories shot in New Jersey, Paris, and Dublin.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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Agents from the bureau and officials from the Anderson County Sheriff's Office were able to locate people who DNA showed were the siblings of the unidentified man.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The bride’s cousin, Caroline Kennedy, served as maid of honor.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, frightened Southern planters, those reluctant revolutionaries, threw in with their radical New England cousins.—
Andrew Lawler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Stepsister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepsister. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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