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stepfather

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Recent Examples of stepfather Donte Abdulmalik, Azzubair Outen-Fleming's stepfather, was also charged in the deadly shooting. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Paul Beaulieu, the stepfather of Elvis Presley’s (Dale Midkiff) wife, Priscella Beaulieu (Susan Walters), in the 1988 ABC miniseries Elvis and Me. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Her stepfather, director Roy Battersby, died in January 2024. — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 The daughter’s reaction, in particular, suggests an impressively mature desire to embrace change rather than loathe it—no small feat for a girl who just lost her stepfather and stepbrother to a tough divorce. — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for stepfather

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Noun

Their visit to the English countryside marked the first time in four years Markle and the couple’s children saw Prince Harry’s father and stepmother.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
In Murphy’s show, the character will be portrayed as being influenced by Lizzie Borden, a woman who was found guilty of murdering her father and stepmother in 1892.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of stepmother

Noun

The returning season will see new faces, and the return of the couple’s mothers, Penny Baines and Sarah Wigley, plus Sophie’s sister Georgia Habboo, and Jamie’s best-friend, Oliver Proudlock.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
The central character Dafne, lives in a valley with her mother and Bror.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of mother

Noun

Sawyer Strosnider stepped into the batter’s box for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Wednesday afternoon with his mom, Kandi, in the second row behind home plate, and his dad, Scott, a few hundred feet away in the right-field bleachers.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The kitten's strengths include climbing up the back of the couch, crashing his dad's work calls and shadow chasing.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of dad

Noun

Boyfriend and mom charged Royce Moser was charged with homicide, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, conspiracy to commit tampering of evidence, conspiracy to commit abuse of a corpse and obstruction of justice.

— Michael Guise, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
This sister has never in the eight years my mom has been in the nursing home visited her once.

— R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of mom

Noun

Letting mental health conditions go untreated is a risk to both the pregnant parent and the baby, Diaz Stransky said.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
The film examines how these children of Black Panther Party leaders – now adults – maintain the ideals and purpose of the movement when, as the title suggests, the revolution didn’t come as their parents had hoped.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of parent

Noun

After getting together, the pair welcomed three children — King, Major and Heiress — while also assuming the role of stepparents to the older children.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
The poll surveyed 977 caregivers of children 13 and younger, including 53% biological mothers and 33% biological fathers, with the remaining participants including stepparents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.

— Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026

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