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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.
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Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
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
King Minos, conqueror of Athens and stepfather of the Minotaur, has traveled to Sicily in pursuit of Daedalus, his chief architect and erstwhile prisoner.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
The 8-year-old leapt into the ring bearing a black practice sword and called his stepfather, Joe Deaton, to meet his challenge, as onlookers at the nonprofit Folsom Renaissance Faire looked on.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
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Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
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
King Minos, conqueror of Athens and stepfather of the Minotaur, has traveled to Sicily in pursuit of Daedalus, his chief architect and erstwhile prisoner.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
The 8-year-old leapt into the ring bearing a black practice sword and called his stepfather, Joe Deaton, to meet his challenge, as onlookers at the nonprofit Folsom Renaissance Faire looked on.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepfather
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Among her notable works was producing the ABC Theatre presentation of The Shadow Box, directed by her father and starring her stepmother, Joanne Woodward.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Borden was famously tried and acquitted of the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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Theresa’s mother died in 2019, but her father stood with prosecutors at the news conference Wednesday.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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At the very end, his mother made a brief appearance to wrap up the routine.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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Kelce’s dad, Ed, was also seen chatting with Swift and WNBA star Caitlin Clark.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Had his dad not sensed something and dialed 911, Andrew, a star baseball player turned gambling addict in college, would have quietly checked out at age 33, leaving his twin infant sons, his guilt-crippled parents, and many thousands of dollars in gambling debts behind.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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Maybe mom and dad were never supposed to nurture your creativity just like their parents never drew them a blueprint on how to survive as immigrants.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
13 Oct. 2025
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The 24-year-old was practically raised on Gabonese culture via her bonus mom Eudoxie.—
Essence,
Essence,
13 Oct. 2025
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Usually these harms were inflicted by a caregiver – a parent, stepparent, grandparent or other guardian.—
Laura Schwab Reese,
The Conversation,
2 Sep. 2025
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Upon her wedding, Princess Beatrice also became the first member of the royal family in her generation to take on the role of a stepparent, becoming a stepmother to Edo's now-9-year-old son, Christopher Woolf, whom the family calls Wolfie.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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His parents have been leading voices in the hostages' family's movement.—
Itay Stern,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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Nearly nine years after sending that first cold email, the trio sold a majority stake of Lemon Pepper Holdings (Wingtop UK’s parent company) to Californian private equity firm Sixth Street just before the New Year.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Stepfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepfather. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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