Examples of stepchild in a Sentence

The school has long been the forgotten stepchild of the state university system.

Recent Examples on the Web Honestly, mental health has been the stepchild of physical health forever. — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 4 June 2022 The stepparent might help the stepchild with their homework or some other task upon request, but won’t nag the child to focus if they get distracted. — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022 The relationship between a stepmom and stepchild can be a beautiful and meaningful one. — Maribeth Jones, Country Living, 2 May 2022 In fact, existing research suggests that the relationship between stepparent and stepchild varies enormously from family to family—and, at least as far as stepkids’ well-being is concerned, that isn’t necessarily a problem. — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022 The Cast platform has always been a weird stepchild in the Google OS lineup. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2022 Moïse’s museum seems like a stepchild no one really wants. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022 Technological innovation made camera work, previously a cultural stepchild for more than a century, ubiquitous. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022 And so this was always the stepchild legislation to those two priorities. — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2022 See More

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