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as in brothers
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 nuns
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 friends
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 sisters
What started as a daily ritual for millions of listeners has spawned a digital empire for the sisters.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Scarpetta Jamie Lee Curtis has already been singing the praises of working with Kidman on this series, in which the two play onscreen sisters.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Lauren Jauregui had her Fifth Harmony sisters by her side at Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday night.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Since Sarah Ferguson’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein leaked, the sisters have kept their distance from their mother and father, Prince Andrew.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025
While sort of sketching ideas for that, the other ones started coming to me, of having Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett together as sisters also being quite different.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
My older sisters and parents were also in the photo.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Decker sisters died by suffocation On June 9, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office reported a medical examiner has ruled the girls' death as homicide by suffocation.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The two sisters were located by further DNA samples in 2025 and were confirmed to be the two missing girls.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Scarpetta Jamie Lee Curtis has already been singing the praises of working with Kidman on this series, in which the two play onscreen sisters.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Lauren Jauregui had her Fifth Harmony sisters by her side at Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday night.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Since Sarah Ferguson’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein leaked, the sisters have kept their distance from their mother and father, Prince Andrew.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025
While sort of sketching ideas for that, the other ones started coming to me, of having Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett together as sisters also being quite different.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
My older sisters and parents were also in the photo.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Decker sisters died by suffocation On June 9, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office reported a medical examiner has ruled the girls' death as homicide by suffocation.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The two sisters were located by further DNA samples in 2025 and were confirmed to be the two missing girls.
—Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sisters
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The Sax brothers immediately flew home to Sacramento to be with their mother, Nancy.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The eldest Guinness brothers are determined to eliminate any and all potential scandals to secure a victory.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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At some point, a pair of politically active nuns started hanging out at the Nash home, eventually leaving their formal nun habits, cast off as part of their activism, at the house.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
22 Aug. 2025
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Hamilton County Coroner's Office investigators are looking for relatives or friends of a West End woman who died recently.—
Enquirer staff,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Her son helps clip succulents and pick pumpkins and in the past his friends have gotten involved in helping assemble the gift bags.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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However, when siblings were included in the analysis – controlling for environmental, medical and genetic factors that could have contributed – the small, elevated risk disappeared.—
Tami S. Rowen,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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The two litters are half-siblings and share the same sire (male parent), Drumlin, according to NPS.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Manes admired Bukele’s reformist zeal, former colleagues said.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Li and his colleagues said these results can then be shared across command levels, giving the PLA improved situational awareness.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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As a result, the hurricane center and its partners have been scheduling frequent flights over the western Atlantic in the hurricane hunter aircraft to collect information about the storms and their surrounding environment, Brown said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Neither of her previous partners really cherished Callie or brought out her joyous side until Arizona.—
James Factora,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
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Chabon’s novel, about two Jewish cousins who create a fantastically successful comic-book superhero named the Escapist, should make fine operatic material.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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Their older cousins in the Smiths camp will never experience that joy.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
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While most global luxury brands have struggled in recent years with slowing sales, Bottega Veneta — which shares the same owner at Gucci, Saint Laurent and McQueen — has fared better than its peers, with sales up 1% in the first half of 2025.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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In addition, data showed those who switched to self-employment had previously earned more than peers who were paid employees, contrasting with notions that they were pushed into starting their own business.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Sisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sisters. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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