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stepmother

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Definition of stepmother

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a woman that your father marries after his marriage to or relationship with your mother has ended

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Recent Examples of stepmother In 1892, the trial of Lizzie Borden, who was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax, became a national sensation. — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 Ella is about to graduate from high school and has had a difficult home life and relationship with her dad and stepmother. — Abigail Van Buren, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for stepmother

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The roundtable of women appear hot and bothered that de Lesseps interrupted Patton’s touching tribute to her mom.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Others, for certain, are incubated by gridiron versions of cheer moms, who shuffle their sons around in search of stardom.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

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An extremely unattractive teenage girl who resembled a forty-year-old matron in a women’s prison rather than a young woman fresh on the road to self-discovery approached me.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Cohran was a rarity in 1936 — a female police officer, known then as a police matron.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

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