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stepsister

[step-sis-ter] / ˈstɛpˌsɪs tər /




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Dealing with my mother and my stepsister is exhausting and causes me a lot of anxiety.

From MarketWatch Feb. 13, 2026

Hahn: It’s interesting, Mark, because I’ve always felt kind of like basically just invited to the party, so I always have felt like the messy stepsister on the outside looking in.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

I didn’t choose “Cinderella,” or the stepsister, the story of “Cinderella” through the stepsister chose me.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2025

Baena's surviving family includes his mother Barbara Stern and stepfather Roger Stern; father Scott and stepmother Michele Baena; brother Brad Baena; stepsister Bianca Gabay and stepbrother Jed Fluxman.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2025

She had to bring Clara with her on marketing days, but though her stepsister now controlled the purse, she did little else to restrict her.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

But “Grounded” would have been better left without its imposed topic, which inadvertently casts much work as ugly stepsisters unsuccessfully trying to jam their feet into Cinderella’s glass slipper.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

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

The beneficiaries are now Keough and her two younger stepsisters.

From New York Times Mar. 9, 2023

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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