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sibling

[sib-ling] / ˈsɪb lɪŋ /
NOUN
sister or brother
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Because it progresses more gradually, donor immune cells have time to gain control, especially with a sibling donor who matched me so closely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

This week he helped a reader who manages a trust left for a sibling by their mother.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Like its IL-23 sibling, Oruka’s IL-17 drug should allow less-frequent dosing than marketed products.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Zookeepers intend to introduce him soon to a new sibling — Clover, a female mountain lion cub rescued from El Dorado County earlier in March.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

By contrast, if you were simply to run into a girl on the street, the probability that her sibling is a boy would be VS.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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