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Upon her wedding, Princess Beatrice also became the first member of the royal family in her generation to take on the role of a stepparent, becoming a stepmother to Edo's now-9-year-old son, Christopher Woolf, whom the family calls Wolfie.
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The singer is also a stepparent to Prince, Kasseem, and Nicole, who are Beatz’s kids from a previous relationship.
—Essence, 1 Aug. 2025
Parents may share holidays, transition from one home to the other and maintain a good relationship with stepparents.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 18 June 2025
And far as legalities go, stepparents have few legal rights to see their stepchildren following a split.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The singer is also a stepparent to Prince, Kasseem, and Nicole, who are Beatz’s kids from a previous relationship.
—Essence, 1 Aug. 2025
Parents may share holidays, transition from one home to the other and maintain a good relationship with stepparents.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 18 June 2025
And far as legalities go, stepparents have few legal rights to see their stepchildren following a split.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepparent
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Compared to RuPaul’s Drag Race’s more effusive guests, Michelle Visage can come off as the withholding evil stepmother on the judges’ panel.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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Kepner was on the cruise with her father, stepmother and two step-siblings, including the 16-year-old boy.—
David Goodhue
April 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors are pursuing a murder charge against a stepfather charged in the death of a 4-year-old Bristol girl.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Bryant, who appeared in court in green jail scrubs with a white long sleeve shirt underneath, flashed a thumbs-up to his stepfather at the end of the proceeding.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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My parents bickered constantly, my sister was demanding and always in a conflict with them, and my grandparents would scream at each other.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Perhaps influenced by her parents, who both worked in the medical field, Pau pursued an education in the sciences, receiving her degree in radiography from Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1982.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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The post included a screenshot of a text exchange showing that even her mother fell for the fake photos.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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This unique board lets even the most stressed mother unwind by creating beautiful works of art without paint or ink.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The foam provided more structure than alternative materials, while the stack height helped my dad keep his neck in alignment despite spending hours seated in the car.—
Mary Beth Skylis,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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Din Djarin The bounty-hunting gunslinging space dad travels the galaxy in a post-Empire world with a tragic backstory and son Grogu in tow.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Wanner’s 11-month-old baby was buckled into a high chair and crying, without her mom, when a relative arrived to the home that day.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Skims is the popular underwear/loungewear/shapewear company owned by the equally multi-hyphenated Kardashian - media celebrity, mogul, mom and current girlfriend of Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton.—
Lisa Gutierrez
May 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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