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Recent Examples of stepparent
Parents may share holidays, transition from one home to the other and maintain a good relationship with stepparents.
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Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Half of the parents also remarried within five years of divorce, introducing stepparents to children's lives, and adding more dependents to the household as a result.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
This way, parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and older siblings can all contribute directly to whoever may need the planning.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Sometimes evil stepparents forget that children grow up to be adults who don't have to take their b.s. anymore.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Half of the parents also remarried within five years of divorce, introducing stepparents to children's lives, and adding more dependents to the household as a result.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
This way, parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and older siblings can all contribute directly to whoever may need the planning.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Sometimes evil stepparents forget that children grow up to be adults who don't have to take their b.s. anymore.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepparent
Noun
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As the dynasty outsider, Henry (Boszhardt) must battle his ruthless stepmother (Gershon), who is under the influence of a demon that feeds on greed.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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Mitchell was charged with the felonies after breaking into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes house on April 22, 2024.—
Ingrid Harbo,
Twin Cities,
24 Sep. 2025
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Raised in a musical household — his mother a singer, his stepfather a musician with a home studio — Thomas gravitated to drums and bass.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Her stepfather moved to Italy during the trial and Knox’s imprisonment to be close to her and her legal team.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Most of the houses are passed down from grandparents to parents to kids who bleed the Rhode Island shoreline.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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According to Economic Times, Jill Nico established National Sons Day in 2018 as a way to encourage meaningful conversations between parents and sons.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her question, in Lipe-Smith’s inquisitive piccolo of a voice, is heartbreaking in its blend of straightforwardness and desperate desire, as is her mother’s wavering response.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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When Kimberly and her family leave the New Jersey suburbs under dubious circumstances, Kimberly reevaluates her life while dealing with her hypochondriac mother, alcoholic father, scam-artist aunt, her own mortality and her first love.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The actor and dad of three with wife Camila Alves McConaughey had a measured response when his eldest, Levi, 17, approached him about auditioning for a supporting role in his new AppleTV+ film The Lost Bus.—
Andrea Mandell,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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As a child in Cuba, Mike Fernandez watched as his teachers were replaced with government instructors, books vanished from classroom shelves and ultimately, Communist Party officials took over his dad's tiny sandwich stand.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When the young mom gave birth, Jacob was not in the picture.—
Carlotta Dotto,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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The various images included feature mom and dad with the infant, as well as their two daughters, Karter, 4, and Riley, 2.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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