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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
Two innings later, Marlins guest relations walked over and gave the family a goodie bag with a Eury Perez bobblehead, team T-shirt, a baseball for Lincoln and his sister, and a birthday pin for Lincoln.
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Alex Krutchik, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The next year, his sister Luciana gave birth to Wanda.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
His little sister wanted her little brother to have one Christmas.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Willie Lucius plays Walter Lee, with Amaya Hardin as his sister, Beneatha, and Valerie Benton as their mother, Lena.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
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Alex Krutchik, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The next year, his sister Luciana gave birth to Wanda.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
His little sister wanted her little brother to have one Christmas.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Willie Lucius plays Walter Lee, with Amaya Hardin as his sister, Beneatha, and Valerie Benton as their mother, Lena.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sister
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Belly is a sweet everygirl upon whom viewers can seamlessly project, but as my colleague Elise Taylor astutely argued, her identity is all too bound up in the Fisher brothers.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Emma's father, actor Eric Roberts, is Julia's older brother.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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And could her future be seen as a battle between two wannabe mother figures – between Maite and the nun who befriends Ainara.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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But Leticia Gutierrez, a gray-haired Catholic nun, asked them to sit down.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lance Suaste, a junior at the university, was walking past the nearby Mountain Run apartments, having just been dropped off after spending the day at a friend’s house.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The conflict between Israel and Palestine was dividing friends, sparking tensions, and fueling rising acts of hostility.—
Rchin Bari,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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The parents and siblings and children and partners.—
Eliana Ramage
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Like their Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback brother, the two other Hurts siblings are athletic.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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There are black-and-white scenes from what appears to be a cracked Biblical drama featuring a levitating monk and, to the particular bafflement of the producer, a dancing Pulcinella.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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In her retellings, Daedone has described Davon as a Buddhist monk.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lepkowski described her cousin's ex as possessive, controlling and physically abusive.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
9 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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Even some of Barrett’s liberal colleagues have said the Constitution and the rule of law could be at risk.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Wollweber and his colleagues wanted to see if the Lokiarchaea’s tubulin-like proteins behaved like the eukaryotic versions.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Sister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sister. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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