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Recent Examples of stepfather
Allyson and John Phillips, Riley’s mother and stepfather, wrote in a statement that the bill has their full support.
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Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Unlike the movie, Vance met Cates while home for his stepfather's funeral, per The San Diego Union-Tribune.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The child told law enforcement officials that his stepfather Joshua forced him to go outside naked as a form of punishment on Wednesday, the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Though the physicality was dramatized, a similar confrontation did occur between Robles and his stepfather.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Unlike the movie, Vance met Cates while home for his stepfather's funeral, per The San Diego Union-Tribune.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The child told law enforcement officials that his stepfather Joshua forced him to go outside naked as a form of punishment on Wednesday, the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Though the physicality was dramatized, a similar confrontation did occur between Robles and his stepfather.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepfather
Noun
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Mitchell is accused of breaking into her stepmother’s house in Detroit Lakes last year and is set to go to trial for felony burglary after the end of the legislative session in May.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
29 Jan. 2025
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The father and stepmother then turned their frustration on the OP, claiming their inaction was enabling division within the family.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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The 69-year-old hails from an ethnically mixed family – his father is Azeri and his mother is Kurdish.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
6 July 2024
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And if your mother doesn't feel comfortable setting her own boundary, offer to be her excuse.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
6 July 2024
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The apple of snooty mom Victoria's (Parker Posey) eye, who works the family finance business with his dad Timothy (Jason Isaacs), party-loving pool cretin Saxon is this season's poster boy for misguided masculinity.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Fang Di has spent her entire professional career repaying family debts, those incurred by both her factory-operating mom (Peng Jing) and Tian Tian’s drug-addict dad (Zhou You) back in Chongqing, city of copycat fashion and first-class hotpot.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Are these moms overstimulated in the technical sense?—
Angela Haupt,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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TVLine hears that both the mom and son roles have the potential to recur.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
11 Feb. 2025
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These children just turned their wishes into forever memories by popping the ultimate question to their stepparents.—
Ronnie Li,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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Enjoy three special moments caught on camera when stepparents unwrapped the present of a lifetime, making their love official!—
Sarah Scanlan,
USA TODAY,
21 Dec. 2024
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OpenAI turns down Musk OpenAI has rejected Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the artificial intelligence startup’s nonprofit parent for $97.4 billion.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
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In the world of the parent influencer, everything is content and each interaction with a child is an opportunity to further your brand.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Stepfather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepfather. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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