stepparent
Example Sentences
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Not treating that stepparent as a real parent harms children.
From Slate • Aug. 2, 2024
Starting this year, you can put a dependent parent or stepparent on your health plan, as long as they are not eligible for or enrolled in Medicare.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2023
If the only issue really is that you've had to work at it through multiple challenges, well, that just sounds like the job description to me: parent or stepparent.
From Washington Post • May 7, 2022
A request from the 11-year-old me: If you become a stepparent and do the grocery shopping, ask your stepchildren what kind of food they want in the fridge.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022
As if it’s not messed up enough for my mother to be marrying some dude who is not my dad, now I have to swallow another stepparent.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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