2
: a brother or sister considered irrespective of sex
broadly
: any plant or animal of a group sharing a degree of genetic relationship corresponding to that of human sibs
3
: a group of persons unilaterally descended from a real or supposed ancestor
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
The best way to deal with big emotions younger sibs experience come autumn is to acknowledge and validate the feelings according to Elie Hessel, PhD, Pediatric Psychologist with Nemours Children’s Hospital in Florida.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 23 July 2025
Aussie horror sibs Danny and Michael Philippou one-up themselves with their depraved second feature, a visceral nerve-shredder that thrusts them into the same scream big leagues as Ari Aster, John Carpenter and Jordan Peele.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
There were always at least three trips a week to the Pleasantville Public Library, where my mother and sibs stocked up on new reading material.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
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The Swift sibs, for all Taylor’s fame, are in most ways like other sibs—brood mates and onetime housemates who, as Taylor’s songs suggest, will share close and complex bonds for life.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
The best way to deal with big emotions younger sibs experience come autumn is to acknowledge and validate the feelings according to Elie Hessel, PhD, Pediatric Psychologist with Nemours Children’s Hospital in Florida.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 23 July 2025
Aussie horror sibs Danny and Michael Philippou one-up themselves with their depraved second feature, a visceral nerve-shredder that thrusts them into the same scream big leagues as Ari Aster, John Carpenter and Jordan Peele.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
There were always at least three trips a week to the Pleasantville Public Library, where my mother and sibs stocked up on new reading material.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
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“Sib.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sib. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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sib
noun
: a brother or sister considered irrespective of sex
broadly
: any plant or animal of a group sharing a degree of genetic relationship corresponding to that of human sibs
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