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Recent Examples of sisterly
According to Bell and Shepard, Lincoln and Delta have quite the sisterly bond.
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Now that grandpa has passed, the sisterly conversations have turned towards who will manage and pay for my grandma’s care.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Even if so, the groundwork for a close, sisterly relationship between these two hybrids hasn’t really been laid in previous episodes.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Swift’s sisterly relationship with her audience is only part of her role-model appeal.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Now that grandpa has passed, the sisterly conversations have turned towards who will manage and pay for my grandma’s care.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Even if so, the groundwork for a close, sisterly relationship between these two hybrids hasn’t really been laid in previous episodes.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Swift’s sisterly relationship with her audience is only part of her role-model appeal.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sisterly
Adjective
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The largest section of the book is devoted to ski fashion, the author’s particular and familial passion.—
David G. Allan Feb 15,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Toggling between the lives of these three individuals, Keeper of Lost Children explores how one woman's vision will change the course of countless lives, and demonstrates that love in its myriad of forms—familial, parental, and forbidden, even love of self—can be transcendent.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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It's built such a brotherly love and bond between those two.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Some were brotherly, like with Carl Reiner and Gene Wilder.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The audit came weeks after former McKeesport Police Detective Joseph Osinski was charged with stealing $1 million from his fraternal order of police lodge.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The lodge can’t afford the upkeep and insurance on the 9,300-square-foot building because of the fraternal organization’s dwindling membership.—
Jim Halley,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Sisterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sisterly. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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