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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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In addition, Rebecca Hall will star as Lizzie’s stepmother, Abby, with Billie Lourd as Lizzie’s sister, Emma Borden.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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His wife, the boy’s stepmother, Cheyenne Elmore, 27, was also arrested and charged with murder.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Ryan’s stepfather sat quietly, appearing shocked and betrayed.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Betts trudged through the worst slump of his career and in the middle of such a difficult summer, Betts then lost his stepfather.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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This aunt, Schaeffer has said, was one of your parents’ younger sisters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Yet Tapestry—the parent company of Coach—said Gen Z now accounts for roughly 35% of its new customers, helping the brand beat Wall Street expectations and raise its full-year forecast.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Lasky also integrates tangential but no-less-compelling topics, like the show-stopping style of Iris Apfel and her influence on Lasky’s mother, and Lasky’s evergreen obsession with The Shining.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Craft was able to sign the 6-foot-5, agile Mougey as a quarterback only after reassuring the player and his mother he wouldn’t be moved to receiver.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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And Natalie is still justifiably concerned about her dad, calling him up during his night from hell and getting no information from him.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Like his character on the show, Brown is a girl dad.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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However, her mom has already managed to do one of the most embarrassing things imaginable.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Personnel from the Dearborn Fire Department cut the little girl’s umbilical cord and took the mom and baby to the hospital.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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