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Despite this, the family continued to take the stepsister's side and dismissed concerns about her behavior.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Book fans will recognize them as Sophie's stepmother and stepsisters.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
His name was initially cleared but police returned their focus on him after his stepsister contacted authorities in 2008, telling them their mother allegedly implicated her son on her own deathbed.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
The rest of us are the ugly stepsister, struggling to fit into the shoe.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Book fans will recognize them as Sophie's stepmother and stepsisters.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
His name was initially cleared but police returned their focus on him after his stepsister contacted authorities in 2008, telling them their mother allegedly implicated her son on her own deathbed.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
The rest of us are the ugly stepsister, struggling to fit into the shoe.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Stepsister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stepsister. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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stepsister
noun
step·sis·ter
ˈstep-ˌsis-tər 
: a daughter of one's stepparent by a former partner
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