stepparent

Example Sentences

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Administration officials said the action will protect about 500,000 immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens, and about 50,000 immigrant youth with a U.S. citizen stepparent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

“I have such an investment in this question, because I too am in a beautiful dynamic,” is how Barrymore awkwardly describes being a stepparent.

From Salon • May 1, 2024

For those who were not enslaved, about one-third of children lived with a stepparent or single parent.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2022

You are a parent, a stepparent, a grandparent — you bring a lot of experience to your interactions with extended family.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022

As if it’s not messed up enough for my mother to be marrying some dude who is not my dad, now I have to swallow another stepparent.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper