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
Amid this bloodshed, however, researchers noticed a more peaceful resolution to familial upheaval: Adoptions of unrelated chicks by stepparents was just as common as infanticide.
From Science Magazine
“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
She added that entering a family as a stepparent means that you’re joining a family that has dynamics already in place.
From Los Angeles Times
It means the children could be directly involved in finding their new stepparents as they choose who their mum or dad goes on a date with.
From BBC
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