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Recent Examples of stepmother
His stepmother, former first lady Jill Biden, sat in the front row to show her support.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 14 June 2026
She has been married to Timothy Busfield since 2013 and is stepmother to his five children.
—Kelly Martinez, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
The year after the wedding, Harry moved out, leaving his father Charles and stepmother Camilla to have free rein over all Clarence House's rooms.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 June 2026
Kepner, an 18-year-old high school cheerleader, was on a Carnival cruise ship with her family, including her father and stepmother Chris and Shauntel Kepner, when she was killed.
—Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 11 June 2026
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 14 June 2026
She has been married to Timothy Busfield since 2013 and is stepmother to his five children.
—Kelly Martinez, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
The year after the wedding, Harry moved out, leaving his father Charles and stepmother Camilla to have free rein over all Clarence House's rooms.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 June 2026
Kepner, an 18-year-old high school cheerleader, was on a Carnival cruise ship with her family, including her father and stepmother Chris and Shauntel Kepner, when she was killed.
—Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepmother
Noun
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The chills, along with some sudden nausea, were so strong that my mom and I left the Greek Theatre early.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
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While speaking with the Daily Mail, Daveigh's mom claimed that her daughter struggled with addiction.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Noun
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Investigators said the school matron failed to open an emergency door, forcing all students to scamper through a single doorway.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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The matron on duty, Annie Leewright, booked the woman into jail.—
Kevin Foster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The road continues from Beersheba to Hebron, home to the Cave of the Patriarchs, purchased by Abraham some 3,800 years ago and traditionally regarded as the resting place of the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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Long before Helen Mirren played tenacious and terrifying matriarchs in 1923 and MobLand, the Oscar-winning icon had already proven her ability to play tough-as-nails characters in the classic British procedural Prime Suspect.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
Noun
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My mama strains both the yogurt and the cucumber before mixing everything together.—
Georgina Hayden,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 June 2026
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After making off with a substantial stack of cash from her job to fund a new life with boyfriend Sam Loomis (John Gavin), she gets waylaid by a rainstorm and stops to spend the night at the Bates Motel, run by awkward mama’s boy Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
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“Stepmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepmother. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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