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: sib sense 2
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: one of two or more individuals having one common parent
2
: one of two or more things related by a common tie or characteristic
the sedan's smaller sibling
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The Spanish tapas restaurant, launched by a pair of siblings hailing from Spain, opened its first Sacramento-area outpost last month.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Wolf is the oldest of four siblings and the last of his sisters is getting married Saturday in New York.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Ceballos, 62, and his siblings run a large construction business, led by its principal company, Inversiones Alfamaq.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Gilpin and Pfeil played the roles of siblings Carissa and Glen in the film, which was directed by Dorothy Lyman.
—Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Wolf is the oldest of four siblings and the last of his sisters is getting married Saturday in New York.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Ceballos, 62, and his siblings run a large construction business, led by its principal company, Inversiones Alfamaq.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Gilpin and Pfeil played the roles of siblings Carissa and Glen in the film, which was directed by Dorothy Lyman.
—Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Sibling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sibling. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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sibling
noun
sib·ling
ˈsib-liŋ 
: one of two or more individuals having the same parents or sometimes only one parent in common
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