stepsister

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for stepsister
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Noun
  • 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
  • The cabin was shared with her stepbrother.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Senior second baseman Alexis Richter has learned a lot about playing softball from her three older sisters.
    Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Twin sisters Jordan and Jaedyn Gomez, playing for Boone, lost their second round individual bracket doubles match 6-0, 6-0 against Doral Academy’s top seeded duo of Payton Seidle-Lubowitz and Stefany Zamora.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Your brother is a stranger to your partner.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • If a guy whose brother is engaged to Taylor Swift can pick a barbecue spot blind and land on a Charlotte favorite, that tells you something.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Mira is twelve years old and lives in the Avenues, San Francisco’s foggy western neighborhoods, with her mother, Michalle, who is a nurse practitioner, her father, Patrick, who is a full-time parent, and her sibling, Dylan, who is nine.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The Gary, Indiana, natives were introduced to the world as teen brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael Jackson—five out of nine siblings who also included future celebrities Janet and LaToya Jackson.
    India Roby, Architectural Digest, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • That same year Cindy's cousin testified before the Florida Legislature about the Death Penalty Reform Act, which in part sought to speed up executions to be carried out within five years of an inmate's conviction.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The cousin and his wife were notified about his death.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Stepsister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepsister. Accessed 5 May. 2026.

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