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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
After college, her grandmother gifted her and her siblings some money, and Walters embarked on a major backpacking trip through Europe with friends while her MS symptoms were still nascent and not impacting her mobility yet.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Morman recently captured one memorable interaction between Mila and one of her younger siblings.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Starting at just 6 years old, Eid worked in the restaurant alongside his parents and siblings, learning how to perfect a kabob platter.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
With the litigation settlement, there will be no power sharing among a group of diversely opinionated siblings.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
These are the places the college kids can bring their parents, grandparents and younger siblings.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
In her puppy photo, little Ginger sits beside one of her siblings.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that of siblings.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Her 25-year-old daughter, who still works at Amazon on a day shift, has moved back into the home and is handling drop-offs for her three younger siblings.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Morman recently captured one memorable interaction between Mila and one of her younger siblings.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Starting at just 6 years old, Eid worked in the restaurant alongside his parents and siblings, learning how to perfect a kabob platter.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
With the litigation settlement, there will be no power sharing among a group of diversely opinionated siblings.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
These are the places the college kids can bring their parents, grandparents and younger siblings.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
In her puppy photo, little Ginger sits beside one of her siblings.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that of siblings.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Her 25-year-old daughter, who still works at Amazon on a day shift, has moved back into the home and is handling drop-offs for her three younger siblings.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for siblings
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Bedoya, the sisters’ ally and enforcer, administers punishments mirroring their methods of control.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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About 150 members of Cincinnati's Ethiopian community stood in a parking lot where two sisters and a recent university graduate – each with budding professional and academic careers – were fatally shot.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Five of Amin’s relatives – his two brothers, sister-in-law and parents – were among those deported.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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McKinsey’s Global Survey similarly emphasizes that organizations tracking gen‑AI KPIs outperform cousins still focusing on proofs-of-concept.—
Ian Amit,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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At his home in his native Curaçao, a 4-year-old Rafaela watched that game with his mom, a Red Sox fan, and his grandpa, a Yankees fan, in hopes of emulating Jeter’s all-out style of play to impress his older brothers and cousins around the neighborhood.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Drennan, 43, grew up helping his brothers and uncles build derby cars and later competed in a few derbies himself.—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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Although Jon Cryer recently appeared in Charlie Sheen‘s documentary, the former onscreen brothers appear to have lost touch off-screen.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
14 Sep. 2025
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The designation reflects the deteriorating relations between the United States and one of its closest Latin American allies.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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In fact, Astorino said, developments in AI, policy, geopolitical relations and the economy are likely to accelerate both change and complexity.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Siblings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siblings. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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