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stepsister

[step-sis-ter] / ˈstɛpˌsɪs tər /




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My stepsister said, “Oh, that was a long time ago, before my dad passed, and it was his idea,” but her dad died almost six months ago.

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

I didn’t choose “Cinderella,” or the stepsister, the story of “Cinderella” through the stepsister chose me.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2025

Baena's surviving family includes his mother Barbara Stern and stepfather Roger Stern; father Scott and stepmother Michele Baena; brother Brad Baena; stepsister Bianca Gabay and stepbrother Jed Fluxman.

From BBC Jan. 7, 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

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

She also defends his humanity to Louis’s nasty daughters, who make the evil stepsisters in Disney’s “Cinderella” seem understated.

From New York Times May 2, 2024

That night, while her father and stepmother and stepsisters sat together in the parlor, exclaiming over the gifts he had brought them from Seatown, Ash slipped away from them all.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo




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