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Recent Examples of stepparent
Where are Gabby Petito’s parents now? More than three years after their daughter's death, Gabby's parents and stepparents have discussed how their grief has brought them closer together.
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
The firm's lawyers have vast experience in family law for different categories of family legal matters such as divorce, custody of children, legitimation, name changes, or even adoption by a stepparent or relative.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Here's everything to know about the slain YouTuber's mom, dad and stepparents — including their fight to keep her memory alive.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
These children just turned their wishes into forever memories by popping the ultimate question to their stepparents.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
The firm's lawyers have vast experience in family law for different categories of family legal matters such as divorce, custody of children, legitimation, name changes, or even adoption by a stepparent or relative.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Here's everything to know about the slain YouTuber's mom, dad and stepparents — including their fight to keep her memory alive.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
These children just turned their wishes into forever memories by popping the ultimate question to their stepparents.
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepparent
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In Greek myth, the siblings survive their stepmother’s attempt to sacrifice them to the gods by flying away on a ram with a golden fleece.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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At Tom and Molly’s re-sentencing in November 2023, both Jack and Sarah stood before the judge and the court to speak out against their former stepmother.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Cooksey's mother, Rene Cooksey, and stepfather, Edward Nunn, were found dead.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 May 2025
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Her grandfather, James Newton Abram, served in the U.S. Army’s 7th Finance in Vietnam, and her stepfather, Jose Gonzalez, was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart, Georgia, and the 154th Engineer Battalion while stationed in Germany.—
CHRISTINA MAYO,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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The administration argues that, for now, Trump should be able to impose the change on everyone except the eighteen parents named in the lawsuits or, at most, any member of two immigrant rights groups or residents of a state that challenged the policy.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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Kids bring chaos—often more than parents can handle on their own.—
Rhaina Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2025
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The 69-year-old hails from an ethnically mixed family – his father is Azeri and his mother is Kurdish.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
6 July 2024
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And if your mother doesn't feel comfortable setting her own boundary, offer to be her excuse.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
6 July 2024
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That misconception was the hardest thing for Jordan’s dad, Austin, to understand.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Mandla was focused on getting his hands on the basketball while his superstar dad and big bro Kailand were posing for photos at the 3rd annual Hoop-Life FriendRaiser at Galen Center in 2015.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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His mom was like a member of the Altar & Rosary Society.—
May 8,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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The month of freshly bloomed flowers, calling your mom and honoring those who have died while serving in the military.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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