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Recent Examples of stepsister
Peter Phillips’s daughters, Isla and Savannah, were also present along with their future stepsister, Georgina Sperling.
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Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
Cinderella with one vile stepsister would be locked in a zero-sum game.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Eva Schloss, who survived the Holocaust as a teenager before becoming Anne Frank’s stepsister and a tireless campaigner against prejudice, has died at age 96, her trust announced Sunday.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
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Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026
Cinderella with one vile stepsister would be locked in a zero-sum game.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died.
—CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Eva Schloss, who survived the Holocaust as a teenager before becoming Anne Frank’s stepsister and a tireless campaigner against prejudice, has died at age 96, her trust announced Sunday.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepsister
Noun
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Platner also has Jewish extended family, including a stepbrother in Israel, and recently hosted a Passover seder in Maine with his campaign.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Tupac’s stepbrother, Maurice Shakur, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Duane Davis and unnamed defendants, claiming recent developments point to a broader conspiracy behind the rapper’s death.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The film follows the relationship between a strong-willed older sister and a younger brother who, starved of affection amid a difficult family dynamic, slides toward delinquency.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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That doctor said Foxx had a brain bleed that had led to a stroke, the comedian said, and his sister continually prayed during his entire operation.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Standing next to my thirteen-year-old brother, Andreas, who did inherit our mother’s good looks, only seemed to amplify my ugliness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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Her dancers are nonexistent — aside from Eilish, her backing band and a late surprise appearance by her brother and producer, Finneas, the only bodies up there are two backup singers in aggressively normie polo shirts.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The same day that the nanny allegedly beat Walter, other caregivers slapped and flogged his siblings, including with shoes and wooden sticks.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Around him, siblings, lovers and friends face CIA threats, tourist-rental anxieties, drug-dealing producers, secret desire and lottery dreams in a choral portrait of love, family and frustrated escape.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Sarah and Adelaide Yates, Kline's distant cousins who were part of a formerly prominent family, soon enter into the twins' orbit.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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In a way, so too are paintings in the Carnegie by d harding and their cousin Jordan Upkett, both of whom are of Bidjara, Ghungalu, and Garingbal heritage.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
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“Stepsister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepsister. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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