stepsister

noun

Definition of stepsisternext
as in stepbrother

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Recent Examples of stepsister The 16-year-old boy accused of killing his stepsister on a cruise is allowed to stay out of jail with certain restrictions, a federal judge in Florida ruled. — Doug Lantz, ABC News, 27 May 2026 Hudson's stepsister, Anna Kepner, had been traveling on the Carnival Horizon ship in November with her family, including Hudson. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 27 May 2026 Hudson’s stepsister, Anna Kepner, had been traveling on the Carnival Horizon ship in November with her family, including Hudson. — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026 Lena's family includes her mother Mae (Gloria Reuben), the Boston District Attorney; grandpa Edwin (Ernie Hudson), a prominent minister; stepsister Sarah (Maggie Lawson), the BPD Superintendent of Detectives; and half-brother Jonah (Marcus Scribner), an officer partnered with Sean. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stepsister
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepsister
  1. stepbrother
  2. sister
  3. brother
  4. sibling
  5. cousin
Noun
  • Survivors include her stepbrother, Josh Mills, an author, manager and host of the Rarified Heir podcast.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
  • On Drake & Josh, Peck played Josh Nichols, the stepbrother to Bell's Drake Parker, who couldn't be more different.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Definition of stepbrother
Noun
  • Agamemnon was also married to Helen’s twin sister, Clytemnestra (also played by Nyong’o), but his loyalty was with his brother.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • Renoir painted the Cahen d’Anvers sisters, including their elder sister, Irène, when France was coming out of a national crisis, turning itself from empire to re-public; deciding what and how to be.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of sister
Noun
  • In Harrenhal, Aemond is plagued by nightmares of his (not) dead brother dragging him to hell.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 July 2026
  • Lee Chun Ho lost his mother, brother, niece and the domestic worker who cared for their family.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of brother
Noun
  • Owing to his father’s career, Bo and his two siblings went to school in New Jersey, Sydney, and Seoul.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • Nor was the name of his sibling, who police sources said just graduated the NYPD Police Academy.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
Definition of sibling
Noun
  • Knappman, who lives in California, coordinated with his sister in Louisiana and a pair of cousins from Maine and North Carolina to purchase a new headstone engraved with Horan’s name and the dates of her birth and death.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
  • Also in his orbit are a consortium of crooks, including his cousin Freddie, a hip junkie, and Pepper, a taciturn hoodlum who was friends with Ray’s dad, Big Mike, a legendary thief.
    — Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026
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