as in sister
a person connected with another by a common parent
I asked her if she had any siblings.
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Recent Examples of sibling
The man’s 10-year-old sibling, who was a passenger in the vehicle, suffered a broken arm and other injuries, police said.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The family's real-life youngest sibling, Chris, who died by suicide in 1991 at 21, was not portrayed.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Estrada's surviving siblings, Manuel Estrada and Ruth Tucker, have long lobbied for his identification, according to a 2018 article from The Daily Democrat.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Agents from the bureau and officials from the Anderson County Sheriff's Office were able to locate people who DNA showed were the siblings of the unidentified man.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The family's real-life youngest sibling, Chris, who died by suicide in 1991 at 21, was not portrayed.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Estrada's surviving siblings, Manuel Estrada and Ruth Tucker, have long lobbied for his identification, according to a 2018 article from The Daily Democrat.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Agents from the bureau and officials from the Anderson County Sheriff's Office were able to locate people who DNA showed were the siblings of the unidentified man.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sibling
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Dear brothers and sisters, In the Lord’s Paschal Mystery, death and life contended in a stupendous struggle, but the Lord now lives forever (cf.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Her sister was on the bed with a shirt on covered in chocolate.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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His brother, Tiger Bech, was one of 14 people killed in a terrorist attack on New Year’s Day in New Orleans.—
Tashan Reed,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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As the draft selection was announced in Green Bay, Wis., Sanders was seen dancing with his family and friends on his brother Shilo Sanders' livestream on Twitch.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2025
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The two Meyerson cousins, though distantly related to Rabbi Anne, remain close with their California kin.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2025
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With fresh data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the team reported the detection of the spectroscopic chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or its cousin, dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The human rights group’s findings are based on more than 100 interviews with victims, relatives and witnesses, along with a review of 76 videos, 17 photographs and official documents such as death certificates and court records.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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On March 9, just before 4:30 p.m., dispatchers received a report of a nonverbal child who ran away from his family at a supermarket in the 9600 block of Mission Gorge Road, leaving relatives unable to find him, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release Monday, April 28.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Sibling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibling. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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