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as in brother
a female connected with another person by a common parent
She plans to spend her birthday with her twin sister.
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as in nun
a member of a religious community of women
Many of the sisters in the convent participate in community outreach programs.
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as in friend
a woman with whom one feels a sense of solidarity
We started a web site for women entrepreneurs to connect with our sisters around the globe.
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Recent Examples of sister
Bushey’s hostile behavior following his sister’s arrival caused Laurie and her mother to take several safety measures out of fear, such as removing knives from the home, changing the locks, and finally pursuing a restraining order against Bushey and taking steps to evict him, Pirrello said.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
BondIt, its sister company Buffalo 8 – home to a library of over 400 film and TV titles and more than 1,000 music scores and soundtracks – and MEP’s distribution affiliate West Side Pictures, whose holdings run to approximately 10,000 film and television titles.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Lynch, a bass player and singer, founded the Dixie Chicks with Robin Lynn Macy and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer in 1989.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
Anne has an older sister, Katherine, 8, and an older brother, Spencer, 5, who also make their way into Kaling’s carousel.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
BondIt, its sister company Buffalo 8 – home to a library of over 400 film and TV titles and more than 1,000 music scores and soundtracks – and MEP’s distribution affiliate West Side Pictures, whose holdings run to approximately 10,000 film and television titles.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Lynch, a bass player and singer, founded the Dixie Chicks with Robin Lynn Macy and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer in 1989.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
Anne has an older sister, Katherine, 8, and an older brother, Spencer, 5, who also make their way into Kaling’s carousel.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sister
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Amid all of the drama surrounding his younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles reportedly relies heavily on another one of his siblings.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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His brother and former Rangers right-hander Grant Anderson pitched for Milwaukee in the bottom half of that frame.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Italian American nun opened 67 orphanages, schools, hospitals and missionary orders before her 1917 death in Chicago.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The nun moved from one child to the next, tucking them back under the covers, rubbing backs,and whispering sweet words of affection.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
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We are all retired, and this friend is substantially better off financially than the rest of us.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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The first home movie may be more than a century old, but home video gave amateurs seemingly boundless capacity for recording family and friends.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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The sheriff has said that none of the family members, including siblings and spouses, are possible suspects in the case.—
Randi Kaye,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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All brought siblings, cousins, friends and neighbors to learn in the same classrooms.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Foucauld had later left the army to become a Trappist monk and had established himself as a missionary in Tamanrasset, Algeria, in the middle of the Sahara Desert; he was killed there by local thugs in 1916.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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All the while, Shaw keeps the unhurried pace of someone willing to let the universe unfurl, like a monk in walking meditation.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
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Moon called the five-day recovery effort one that drew extraordinary cooperation from local, state and federal partners and acknowledged the toll on rescuers and families.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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However, be patient with partners and close friends.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
22 Feb. 2026
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The two who were shot and killed were Duncan's cousins, O'Hara said.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Another is that many are tinkering with the latest tools, spinning up a website in hours with Claude Code or using its newer cousin Cowork to answer LinkedIn messages.—
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Photographed heading to Lattanzi in New York with his colleagues for the week, Storrie opted for a chocolate brown, shearling collared leather jacket by Sandro, a cobalt blue knit, straight-leg blue jeans, and black Saint Laurent penny loafers with white socks.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2026
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The controversy is now attracting the attention of Gonzales’ Republican colleagues.—
Diana Paulsen,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Sister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sister. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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