stepsister
noun
step·sis·ter
ˈstep-ˌsi-stər 
: a daughter of one's stepparent : the stepdaughter of one's parent
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The parental confession was prompted when Bush Hager's guest cohost, Andy Cohen, made an offhand critique of the Disney flick, which centers on a young girl named Cinderella who works as a servant for her mean-spirited stepmother and stepsisters after the death of her widowed father.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
But the stepsister started yelling, accusing her of always excluding her and calling her a bridezilla.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Her mother, Mae (Gloria Reuben), is Boston’s District Attorney and her stepsister, Sarah (Maggie Lawson), is a BPD superintendent.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Sally Hawkins gives a commanding performance as Laura, a foster mother who takes in Andy (Billy Barratt) and his younger stepsister, Piper (Sora Wong) at her modest but creepy-around-the-edges home where Laura lives with Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips, exceptional), Laura’s nonverbal, near-feral child.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
But the stepsister started yelling, accusing her of always excluding her and calling her a bridezilla.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Her mother, Mae (Gloria Reuben), is Boston’s District Attorney and her stepsister, Sarah (Maggie Lawson), is a BPD superintendent.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Sally Hawkins gives a commanding performance as Laura, a foster mother who takes in Andy (Billy Barratt) and his younger stepsister, Piper (Sora Wong) at her modest but creepy-around-the-edges home where Laura lives with Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips, exceptional), Laura’s nonverbal, near-feral child.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Stepsister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stepsister. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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stepsister
noun
step·sis·ter
ˈstep-ˌsis-tər
: a daughter of one's stepparent by a former partner
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