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: sib sense 2
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: one of two or more individuals having one common parent
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: one of two or more things related by a common tie or characteristic
the sedan's smaller sibling
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While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that of siblings.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Her 25-year-old daughter, who still works at Amazon on a day shift, has moved back into the home and is handling drop-offs for her three younger siblings.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The parents and siblings and children and partners.
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september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The Russo siblings are back together and up to their old antics.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Her 25-year-old daughter, who still works at Amazon on a day shift, has moved back into the home and is handling drop-offs for her three younger siblings.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The parents and siblings and children and partners.
—Eliana Ramage
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The Russo siblings are back together and up to their old antics.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Sibling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sibling. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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sibling
noun
sib·ling
ˈsib-liŋ 
: one of two or more individuals having the same parents or sometimes only one parent in common
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