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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
When gunfire sounded as a 12-year-old boy rode through the Austin neighborhood Tuesday evening with his parents and infant sister, his mother told the whole family to duck.
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
The younger sister of Savannah has made multiple appearances on Today over the 14 years her older sister has been a co-host on the show.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
After the death of his sister, Sean ventures into a remote forest with his friends to find his missing father, only to discover his grief has become the bridge between the living and the dead.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
Like his sister, Norm MacLean (Moises Arias) has also broken out of the vaults and come face to face with the Wasteland.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
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Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
The younger sister of Savannah has made multiple appearances on Today over the 14 years her older sister has been a co-host on the show.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
After the death of his sister, Sean ventures into a remote forest with his friends to find his missing father, only to discover his grief has become the bridge between the living and the dead.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
Like his sister, Norm MacLean (Moises Arias) has also broken out of the vaults and come face to face with the Wasteland.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sister
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Footage of the incident shows King Charles greeting dozens of residents when one man shouted at him, asking whether the monarch had urged police to investigate his disgraced brother, according to The Times.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bezalel Zini, brother of Israeli security service chief David Zini, was indicted over smuggling 14 cartons of cigarettes through the Sufa crossing between southern Gaza and Israel in a scheme that netted him about $117,000.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Police are renewing efforts to solve a 20-year-old hit-and-run that killed a nun in Northeast Philadelphia.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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However, the young woman begins to feel a calling from God and decides to embrace the life of a cloistered nun.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2026
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Naomi Honig stars in scary short about three friends playing the dangerous Knock Knock Game.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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Around the grave of one young man, his mother and grandmother quietly sob, his friends crouched down by the small mat of flower stems.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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According to The Independent, Brooklyn, and his three siblings, Romeo, Cruz and Harper Beckham, all had their birth names registered with the Intellectual Property Office in 2017 by Victoria.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Although the couple later divorced, Alysa Liu and her siblings consider Qingxin as their mother.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Now on its 67th day and passing through metro Atlanta, the group's schedule included reflections from a metro Atlanta monk originally part of the journey.—
Nakell Williams,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 2025
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He had been dressed as a monk for Halloween weekend, with a hooded robe, but Rachel Kelly said he was found shirtless in his sweatpants.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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Noah Reid as Patrick Brewer On Schitt's Creek, Noah Reid played Patrick Brewer, David's husband and business partner.—
Ilana Frost,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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After a dispute with his business partner, Valente left the business and went to apprentice with Shige Tokita, who first brought sushi to Sacramento in the 1970s.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Her maternal grandmother was two-time Grammy Award winner Cissy Houston of The Drinkard Singers, while her mother's cousins were music greats Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne Warwick and Leontyne Price.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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Eyad Murrar, the co-founder of Coffee for Gaza, along with his cousin, sells a wide variety of coffee beans, with 50% of the profit going directly to humanitarian relief for Gaza.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Some also accused unscrupulous recruitment agents or Russian colleagues of stealing from their bank accounts.—
Larry Madowo,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some of his colleagues offered words of admiration to the man who spent years working as an alderman before being elected to two terms as mayor.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Sister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sister. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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