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sister

[sis-ter] / ˈsɪs tər /
NOUN
female sibling
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Green Gen has plans to build three major power line routes connecting onshore wind farms planned by its sister company Bute Energy with the wider grid network.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Both of McKinney’s parents died before he was 5, and he was raised by his oldest sister in a cramped household with half a dozen other children in Passaic, N.J.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early ’70s when she was in college,” wrote the sister, Eman Abdelhadi, in June 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

On Thursday, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said the North would place loudspeakers on standby along the border "within days" and had put unspecified "new counter means" on alert.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Once again I had the feeling that this sister with whom I had spent all my life belonged somehow to another order of beings.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The ICC was among three finalists this year, alongside Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu and twin sisters Taraneh and Romina Rahimi, representing those prosecuted by the Iranian government.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Marlinarson says young viewers have a connection with Jenner having grown up watching her on social media and through her reality show with her Kardashian sisters.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Sober sisters walk around the party, intervene when necessary and ensure members get home safely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Trisha Addicks, who runs a sorority recruitment consulting firm and regularly speaks with sisters at campuses nationwide, recalls a “wild west” when she was in college in the late 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Thursday morning, the sisters received instructions to meet the committee at a local hall.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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