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stepsister

[step-sis-ter] / ˈstɛpˌsɪs tər /




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The union gave me a stepbrother and a stepsister.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Introducing someone as a stepsister evokes a host of unspoken disclaimers: Not my real sister!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

My stepsister and I are co-executors, but her past actions have caused me not to trust her.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026

I could relate to those feelings of shame and despair she felt when she realized she was the stepsister.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

That’s when Sam explained that they were actually stepsister and stepbrother since Patrick’s dad married Sam’s mom.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

They were stepsisters who hadn’t seen each other since they were little girls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Despite the family's efforts to protect them, her younger stepsisters found out that their father and mother were trapped under the rubble from other children at school.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025

She also defends his humanity to Louis’s nasty daughters, who make the evil stepsisters in Disney’s “Cinderella” seem understated.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

For a time, the two guitarists were family: He married one of Hendrix’s stepsisters, Marsha Jinka, in 1962, although they had separated by the time Hendrix died in 1970 at 27.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2022

Ash stood at the front door and watched the carriage roll away with her stepmother and stepsisters inside, and then she shut the door after them.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo


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