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Recent Examples of stepparent
Half of the parents also remarried within five years of divorce, introducing stepparents to children's lives, and adding more dependents to the household as a result.
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
This way, parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and older siblings can all contribute directly to whoever may need the planning.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The names of the students’ family members are redacted but their relationship to the victims is listed.
While parents and siblings are considered immediate family members under state law, courts have been less clear on grandparents, stepparents or stepsiblings.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
Sometimes evil stepparents forget that children grow up to be adults who don't have to take their b.s. anymore.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
This way, parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and older siblings can all contribute directly to whoever may need the planning.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The names of the students’ family members are redacted but their relationship to the victims is listed.
While parents and siblings are considered immediate family members under state law, courts have been less clear on grandparents, stepparents or stepsiblings.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
Sometimes evil stepparents forget that children grow up to be adults who don't have to take their b.s. anymore.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepparent
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Last week, Reuters reported that Pulte’s own father and stepmother had declared two homes in two different states as their primary residence, prompting a town in Michigan to remove a tax exemption for their home there and charge the couple for back taxes.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Last week, Reuters reported that Pulte’s own father and stepmother had declared two homes in two different states as their primary residence, prompting a town in Michigan to remove a tax exemption for their home there and charge the couple for back taxes.—
Reuters 1 hr 34 min ago,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Nearly three years later, the boys’ stepfather, who was working with the Army Criminal Investigation Division, called Burak and confronted him about the assaults, according to the brief.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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The teacher, who effectively became Freud’s stepfather for several years, taught English and theatre, and his older students often hung out at the house, making Freud uneasy.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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In Kansas, the state board of education commissioned a task force -- consisting of parents, educators and students -- on student screen time, which found that its schools should limit cellphone use, with some school going with a bell-to-bell ban.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Pulte and his parents didn’t respond to requests for comment about the matter.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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In a video taken by a security camera at his mother's driveway, obtained by ABC News, a federal agent can be heard asking Gamez Lira to turn off the engine and to not resist.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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His father, a former military officer, was imprisoned following the Iranian revolution until his mother was able to negotiate his release with prison guards, according to reporting by the New York Times.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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An affable dad who avoids divisive topics like politics and religion in favor of gentler, autobiographical material that tends to cast him as a well-meaning fool, the Tennessee native is also the rare comic capable of appealing to, or at least not actively alienating, a broad swathe of viewers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Jac, on the other hand, took his dad's lead into the world of sports broadcasting.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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Tramell Tillman made all moms proud Every tired mom dreams of her child publicly thanking her someday.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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In one paper, published in the peer reviewed American Journal of Public Health, researchers surveyed Flint moms eligible for Rx Kids, those in Flint before the program began and mothers in the surrounding region.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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