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stepfather

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Recent Examples of stepfather His parents — his mother was an interior designer and his stepfather worked in the antiques trade — would wear Gaultier. — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026 Her reverend stepfather gets a throwaway line, and that’s pretty much it. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Members of Slemmer's family -- including her mother, stepfather and father -- plan to attend Pike's execution, according to Nelsen's filing. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 The driver was unconscious; Boyd’s stepfather and his crew scoured the site desperately. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stepfather

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Marco Bello / Reuters Standing outside his father's home in Pensacola, Florida, amid the debris and damage left behind by Isaias, one man recounted how the storm took his stepmother's life and severely injured his father.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
My stepmother took out her anger and frustration with her husband on me.

— R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

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Simon took the campy photographs in the same Hilton hotel where Moore’s children awaited their mother, and the images make up what the wall text calls a MooreWrap cruise-collection look book.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Rahadian says he was drawn to a story of motherhood told through children whose mother was missing from their lives, set in a moment when a person’s citizenship could be taken away suddenly, by force and without warning.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of mother

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By the time his daughter shows up, flanked by her mom and upright dentist stepdad, Lee’s moved on from scolding the room to thanking his mother for believing him.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
As one of six kids of a single mom, private lessons were out of the question.

— Rina Nakano, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of mom

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Reliance Industries, the parent company of the telecom operator, said in an exchange filing.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
After the raid at the home last year, authorities found that almost every room in the house was equipped with surveillance cameras that fed a series of monitors in the parents’ bedroom, Queally said.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of parent

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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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