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 result is that many calves are half-siblings, ensuring genetic diversity – which is critically important in an isolated population.
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New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
As her siblings have been falling in love and popping out baby Bassets and Bridgertons, Eloise has been corresponding with Sir Phillip Crane, the widow of her cousin, Marina.
—Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Edward is the second sibling of King Charles revealed to pay a peppercorn rent, after The Times reported in 2025 that disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor paid one at Royal Lodge.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Jan. 2026
The film, which follows two co-dependent siblings (Gayle Rankin and Grant O’Rourke) who have spent their entire lives on an island in the northernmost part of Scotland, is a product of its setting.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
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New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
As her siblings have been falling in love and popping out baby Bassets and Bridgertons, Eloise has been corresponding with Sir Phillip Crane, the widow of her cousin, Marina.
—Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
Edward is the second sibling of King Charles revealed to pay a peppercorn rent, after The Times reported in 2025 that disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor paid one at Royal Lodge.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Jan. 2026
The film, which follows two co-dependent siblings (Gayle Rankin and Grant O’Rourke) who have spent their entire lives on an island in the northernmost part of Scotland, is a product of its setting.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sibling
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Sajwan has no direct stakes in UltraGreen, but his sister Indu Rawat and her husband Mahipal Singh Rawat are the ultimate beneficiaries of the windfall through The Saul Trust.—
Bernadette Toh,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Barry’s little sister, who answered the call, was terrified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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On Monday, three brothers, all under 10 years old, died after falling through the ice on a pond in Bonham, about 60 miles northeast of Dallas.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Katharine and her older brother George were raised by their mother, a widow, who was also named Katharine.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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For the foreseeable future, rap’s crown now resides in the West, where Kendrick’s focus this year will be presumably on his cousin and pgLang labelmate Baby Keem.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 2026
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This creates the tip of the iceberg of the film’s most audacious idea — that the musical, which is set to feature Meg’s cousin in the role of the shooter, might actually want to explore what was going on inside him.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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Parents' employers, relatives, friends, local governments and philanthropic groups can also pitch in.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Beckham family feud continues to escalate more than one week after Brooklyn Beckham threw the first stone and shattered the windows of his glass house to reveal a rift with his relatives.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Sibling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibling. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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