stepsister

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for stepsister
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepsister
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • But picture-perfect Simone is completely embarrassed to see her trashy sister.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • Constance remembered her sister reminding her once that boys did a lot of hurtful things just from a lack of thought.
    Jim Shepard, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Growing up in a military family meant that Decker and her siblings moved many times throughout childhood.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
  • The Stoll Family Trust had been amended in 2005 to provide that on the death of Glen's parents, Richard and Mary Stoll, property including the Marysville home would be distributed among Glen and his two siblings with the Marysville home going to Glen.
    Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Grass was in Carpentersville to visit her grandparents and to go to her cousin’s choir concert.
    Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
  • 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

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“Stepsister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepsister. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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