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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

I have a question whose answer you may not like: In order for your stepsister to change your mother’s address for her bank account, she would legally and ethically require your mother’s permission.

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

A portrait of fourteen-year-old Sara Marrel, Maria’s older stepsister, by the apprentice Johann Graff, 1658.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

After decades of feeling like the forgotten stepsisters of marketers, some CCOs are even moving up and into bigger roles that companies have long filled with finance and operations executives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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

Men occasionally dance female roles in classical ballet, but only for humorous effect, like the stepsisters in Frederick Ashton’s “Cinderella.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

As summer advanced, the heat came heavy and damp, and Ash sweated through her day's work while her stepsisters sat crossly fanning themselves in the parlor.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo


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