stepfather

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Recent Examples of stepfather And the horrors, Coles said, didn’t go away even when his stepfather did. Alex Zietlow, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026 The episodes will focus on the interview subject’s compulsion to create, an obsession for Mason who grew up with a stepfather who was a portrait artist. Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 And the horrors, Coles said, didn’t go away even when his stepfather did. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026 Prosecutors are pursuing a murder charge against a stepfather charged in the death of a 4-year-old Bristol girl. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stepfather
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Noun
  • Compared to RuPaul’s Drag Race’s more effusive guests, Michelle Visage can come off as the withholding evil stepmother on the judges’ panel.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • Kepner was on the cruise with her father, stepmother and two step-siblings, including the 16-year-old boy.
    David Goodhue April 23, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Shaina Montiel says her mother stills cries thinking about her harrowing experience with hantavirus at age 5, which, according to the CDC, can have a fatality rate up to 38%, depending on the type of syndrome caused by it.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Her uncle, Khang Le, shared an update from her mother, Le Le, and father, Danny Le, on Facebook on Monday, May 11, alongside a photo of Danh awake and smiling.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • His dad, inspired by Barker, recently quit his job as a psychiatric nurse practitioner to become a full-time screenwriter.
    Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • Back in 2024, proud dad William told E!
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Ahead, shop more of my mom’s Quince shoe picks for looking fashionable while staying comfortable.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • In the fifth, Eldridge unfurled his first truly impactful swing of the season with his mom and aunt in attendance.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • These are not women who just help get their grandkids ready for school in the morning or watch them on a Saturday night; these are women who have chosen to become parents again, sparing their grandchildren from life in the foster system.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
  • The man was living with his girlfriend in the basement of a house in the 800 block of Revere Road, which belonged to his girlfriend’s parents.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • Petito’s parents and stepparents —Nichole and Jim Schmidt, and Joseph and Tara Petito— will serve as the keynote speakers for the Faces of Courage 2026 event at 5:30 p.m. April 30 at the downtown Boise Centre.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 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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“Stepfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepfather. Accessed 14 May. 2026.

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