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Recent Examples of stepparent
This way, parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and older siblings can all contribute directly to whoever may need the planning.
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Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Tucci previously opened up about Blunt initially taking on the role of a stepparent to his three oldest children during an August 2017 interview with The Guardian.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 29 Apr. 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
In the series, Gabby’s biological parents, as well as both of her stepparents, are very candid about their daughter and her murder, which seemed painful to recount.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
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Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Tucci previously opened up about Blunt initially taking on the role of a stepparent to his three oldest children during an August 2017 interview with The Guardian.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 29 Apr. 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
In the series, Gabby’s biological parents, as well as both of her stepparents, are very candid about their daughter and her murder, which seemed painful to recount.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepparent
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Also present is Olivia (Emma Suarez), Sofia’s stepmother and soon to be Timoleon’s ex-wife, plus a host of friends, foes and in-between acquaintances who clutter the story without really advancing it.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2025
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Miss Elder, my father, my stepmother and Miss Fitz-Maurice-Kelly; all staring at me like the board of disapproving nuns at the beginning of The Sound of Music.—
Kate Weinberg
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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Watkins' mother Gwen, daughter Savannah, brother Amon and stepfather Tony are among his surviving relatives, the safari company said.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
9 Aug. 2025
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Then, in what seems nearly a plot contrivance, a cruel stepfather appeared.—
Dan Chiasson,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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The model posed for photos alongside brother Anwar Hadid and parents Yolanda and Mohamed.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Even the Canadian’s parents made it to the stadium from their Burlington, Ontario, home before the Cubs top prospect arrived roughly 90 minutes before first pitch.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 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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Aa Anne Hathaway recently proved with her Chanel dad sandals, or Hailey Bieber with her slippers, comfort in footwear is paramount.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
16 Aug. 2025
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Rogers and Devane’s TV daughter, the aforementioned Kimberly McCullough (aka GH’s Robin), previously paid her respects to her on-screen dad.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
16 Aug. 2025
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After spending each waking hour together in Fiji, the queen of self-affirmations visited Boston and met his mom, which went well, according to the reunion trailer.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
25 Aug. 2025
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The resulting footage was everything the new mom could have hoped for.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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