siblings

noun

plural of sibling
as in sisters
a person connected with another by a common parent I asked her if she had any siblings.

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Recent Examples of siblings The March 2025 law introduced a two-generation limit, cutting out his siblings. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 The siblings-in-law addressed comments from Alli McBee suggesting their relationship had been inappropriate. — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026 Also premiering in the program is Luna’s film about two siblings forced to leave Mexico and head to Madrid to reunite with their mother, who had left a few years earlier to chase a better future. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026 This unusual configuration suggests the Neptunian system evolved in a dramatically different way than those of its siblings. — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The siblings went on to revive a lost original concept for a final film set in the world of The Wicker Man and shot entirely in Shetland discovered in their father’s papers. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026 When the siblings finally arrive, the bitter, suffocating reality that awaits them proves far harsher than Lucila had imagined. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026 The siblings, wearing matching Dodgers jerseys, then embraced. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 Or maybe his creepy siblings are in the building also and soon Negan will be in the most terrifying encounter of his life. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for siblings
  1. sisters
  2. relatives
  3. cousins
  4. brothers
  5. relations
Noun
  • Our relationships with men as wives, sisters, daughters, is complicated.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2026
  • Survivors include his daughter, Kami; his son, Matt; his grandsons, Chase and Wyatt; and his sisters, Carole and Colleen.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
Definition of sisters
Noun
  • In 2001, following Rina’s death, the family flew to Italy to visit their relatives.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Police haven’t disclosed their names or those of the victims, but some victims have been identified by friends and relatives.
    — Michael Biesecker, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of relatives
Noun
  • Knappman, who lives in California, coordinated with his sister in Louisiana and a pair of cousins from Maine and North Carolina to purchase a new headstone engraved with Horan’s name and the dates of her birth and death.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
  • Scientists have long proposed that modern Homo sapiens outcompeted their robust cousins through sheer intelligence.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 20 July 2026
Definition of cousins
Noun
  • During the switchover to the new system, the MacLeod brothers worked from substations in different communities along the coast while Varvarikos coordinated from Fort Albany.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026
  • Duke delivers a crushing sequence of blows to claim the championship belt, and both brothers’ dreams come true at once.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 July 2026
Definition of brothers
Noun
  • Both countries also opened a second cluster last week focused on foreign relations, security and defense policies, as well as trade policy, development cooperation and humanitarian aid.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • The move underscores the increasingly important role AI chips play in diplomatic relations and international politics.
    — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of relations

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