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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

Related: ‘I’m part of a blended family that didn’t blend well’: My stepsister added her mailing address to our mother’s bank account.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 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

That meant that Ash could not leave the house either, so when the invitation arrived at last, just after midsummer, even Ash was excited to deliver it to her stepsister.

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

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

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

“But wait — what will — will my stepmother and stepsisters see you?”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo


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