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Recent Examples of stepsister
Filming in Toronto and premiering this fall, Sheriff Country stars Baccarin (Gotham, Homeland) as straight-shooting sheriff Mickey Fox, the stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief Sharon Leone.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 July 2025
This reimagined version adds a modern sensibility, new twists, fantasy and humor to the story of a young woman, mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, who is transformed for a date with a prince by a fairy godmother.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
In reality, neither of Ross’ uncles had ever lived in White Settlement, and the home Ross was parked outside of belonged to his stepmother and father, his stepsister Darlene Smith said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Andy has appointed himself the protector of his younger stepsister, Piper (Sora Wong) — a role that has included everything from protecting her from other girls’ mockery to hiding the fact that their father has been abusing him.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 May 2025
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 July 2025
This reimagined version adds a modern sensibility, new twists, fantasy and humor to the story of a young woman, mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, who is transformed for a date with a prince by a fairy godmother.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
In reality, neither of Ross’ uncles had ever lived in White Settlement, and the home Ross was parked outside of belonged to his stepmother and father, his stepsister Darlene Smith said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
Andy has appointed himself the protector of his younger stepsister, Piper (Sora Wong) — a role that has included everything from protecting her from other girls’ mockery to hiding the fact that their father has been abusing him.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepsister
Noun
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Rensch had only recently learned that Dallas was actually his stepbrother.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Nearly a decade earlier, my stepbrother George was murdered in Camden, too, less than three miles away.—
Trymaine Lee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The sisters try to dispose of the body and erase the evidence, but their journey reveals some deeper, darker secrets about their community.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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His sister was the family archivist and quite literally just had a box of undeveloped film.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Along with Demi Lovato, the brothers will executive produce the Disney Channel Original Movie.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Directed by twin brothers Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou, Bring Her Back stars Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Philips, Sally–Anne Upton, Stephen Philips, Mischa Heywood and Sally Hawkins.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Starting at just 6 years old, Eid worked in the restaurant alongside his parents and siblings, learning how to perfect a kabob platter.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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With the litigation settlement, there will be no power sharing among a group of diversely opinionated siblings.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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After the eighth-generation jeweler Munnu Kasliwal died in 2012, his son Siddharth took over, and today runs the business alongside his brother, cousins, and uncle.—
Gayatri Shah,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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That unusually low resonance makes nuclear clocks uniquely suited to timekeeping at the nuclear scale, and sets them apart from their atomic cousins.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Stepsister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepsister. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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