How to Use stepchild in a Sentence

stepchild

noun
  • The school has long been the forgotten stepchild of the state university system.
  • Athens police have charged a man in the death of his two-year-old stepchild.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 17 May 2023
  • The report came from the couple's stepchild, the report states.
    Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2023
  • And the fact that Harris has two stepchildren with Doug Emhoff.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
  • The Cast platform has always been a weird stepchild in the Google OS lineup.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Plaut is a stepchild of Arleen Plaut and Reno Lifschutz.
    New York Times, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Dateline spoke with Camille and two of Amos’s stepchildren.
    Sarah Portney, NBC News, 19 June 2023
  • Frozen foods might be the stepchild of the culinary world these days, with the attention paid to a farm-fresh approach.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Davidson, the wife of the late Julian Davidson, is the mother to three stepchildren.
    Special To Al.com, AL.com, 14 May 2017
  • Nope is like the cosmically perfect stepchild of the two.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2022
  • My Wife Didn’t Cook, and have six children and stepchildren ranging from 7 to 21 years old.
    Don Stacom, courant.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • In the past, Oakland has always been a stepchild to San Francisco.
    J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • My three adult stepchildren took my husband away from our home two years ago.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The petition was filed on behalf of one of Doss’ stepchildren.
    Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Rosacea tends to be like the red-haired stepchild of the dermatological world.
    April Long, Town & Country, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Would Lillian like to play governess to her two stepchildren?
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The worker, who was 50 years old, left behind a wife and five children, as well as two stepchildren.
    Stephanie Toone, ajc, 6 May 2020
  • Sound design is a stepchild that’s neglected at best, abused at worst.
    Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Bush soaped down her new stepchildren and outfitted them with her own kids’ clothes.
    Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, 12 May 2018
  • Missing out San Jose has long been the stepchild of Silicon Valley.
    Rob Copeland, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The network’s streaming stepchild, Peacock, is going to spread its tail too.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
  • Ebert is survived by his two stepchildren and four grandkids.
    Amanda Montell, Woman's Day, 5 Apr. 2013
  • The recipe was a stepchild of her soda bread, leaving out the buttermilk, and putting in the sweet plantains and vanilla instead.
    Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 2 June 2020
  • The woman -- who is the sister of Mitchell's fiance -- was dropping off Mitchell's stepchildren when the fight happened.
    Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Matthews leaves behind his wife, Rachel, three children and two stepchildren.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 17 June 2017
  • Steinert is survived by his wife, April, two sons and a daughter, as well as three stepchildren.
    Courtney Perkes, Orange County Register, 8 June 2017
  • In a viral Reddit post, a man has been cheered for his decision to sell his house and cut ties with his stepchildren.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
  • The Air Force veteran is also mom to two very young kids and three older stepchildren.
    Celeste Katz, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2018
  • The 20-year-old was suddenly in charge of a giant house and three stepchildren: Marion, Thomas Jr. and William.
    Katherine Hobbs, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Harris is a mom: her two stepchildren recognize her as their parent, as does their biological mother.
    Kara Alaimo, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024

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