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Recent Examples of stepparent
Parents may share holidays, transition from one home to the other and maintain a good relationship with stepparents.
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Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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.
—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
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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Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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.
—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
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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Rasbandith is survived by his parents, a stepmother, two siblings and two children, according to the obituary.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Her mother may see and keep them, and so can my son’s stepmother.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tate is survived by her mother, Katerina Tate, stepfather Vishnu Jayamohan and father John Daniel Tate, and her sister, Daniella.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Kinman's mother, December Mitchell, and stepfather, Jonathan Mitchell, were charged with tampering with and fabricating physical evidence to impair a human corpse, which is a second-degree felony.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Roberts said Head Start also provides a bunch of different threads of support to parents.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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There are some, and (there) should be increased, opportunities for therapeutic intervention for parents as well.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The child was found by her mother three hours later, with internal vehicle temperatures having reached over 108 degrees.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Based on the 2019 novel by Colleen Hoover, the PG-13 story follows a mother and daughter (Allison Williams and Mckenna Grace) who grapple with the aftermath of a devastating accident.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Charlie inherited his dad’s love for baseball and attends a lot of Freddie's games with his mom.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Graham describes an almost mystical creative energy during the filming of a climactic reconciliation scene between Bruce and his dad.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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The new mom was transported to the hospital by ambulance, while Max stayed home with Mitch’s cousin.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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His girlfriend at the time had fallen into a coma, his dog died, and his mom was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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