stepsister
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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
On both days her stepsister Hattie said Ella would return shortly, so I waited for hours, but she never came.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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
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
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
Ash almost missed her visit entirely, because she had been forced to go into Rook Hill with her stepmother and stepsisters.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
