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sibling

[sib-ling] / ˈsɪb lɪŋ /
NOUN
sister or brother
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Having one of the best midfielders in the world as your older brother comes with challenges and Jobe has consistently been compared to his sibling.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

It’s only human for a parent to want to help one child when he or she loses a job while also worrying about being unfair to a sibling.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Cosmetics’ Halloween campaign, “The e.l.f.ing Magical Sisters,” channels the sibling witches of movies like “Practical Magic” and shows like “Charmed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In the meantime, there’s a lot of unwieldy comic commotion involving a missing corpse, a tweaking, naked Dwight and enough insipid TV sibling bickering to clog the airwaves for a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

As I write this, applicants from 2003 are finally getting green cards through the sibling route.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

His siblings say their mother could not have understood what she was signing because she was "desperately unwell".

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

My siblings and I knew we wouldn't have to change schools.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Her father, Jeff DiMaria, played briefly for the Colorado Rapids in MLS and her mother, Sara, played college soccer, as did both of her older siblings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

At one hearing, three defendants were visibly moved when they saw their siblings, who had come from France, for the first time in years.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

While my older siblings continue whispering about banks and loans and finance things I don’t understand, I’m stuck on the idea of the FBI invading our house.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller


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