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Recent Examples of stepparent
Both stepparents redid their will’s writing us out of them.
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024
One commenter even urged other stepparents out there to take heed and learn from the teen's situation.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Cinderella’s story highlights the complexities often faced by blended families, but this shouldn’t be seen as an opportunity to blame-shift to stepparents.
—Ashley Case, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
The same can be true for parents and children, stepparents and stepchildren, siblings, second cousins, college roommates, spouses, life partners, and unlabeled people who love each other and are committed to each other’s well-being.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024
One commenter even urged other stepparents out there to take heed and learn from the teen's situation.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Cinderella’s story highlights the complexities often faced by blended families, but this shouldn’t be seen as an opportunity to blame-shift to stepparents.
—Ashley Case, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
The same can be true for parents and children, stepparents and stepchildren, siblings, second cousins, college roommates, spouses, life partners, and unlabeled people who love each other and are committed to each other’s well-being.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepparent
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The return of the No. 8 was made possible after Teresa Earnhardt, Dale Jr.'s stepmother, opted not to renew the trademark for the number.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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The mythical scenes depict the goddess of love, Venus, with her mortal lover, Adonis, as well as Hippolytus, son of Theseus, who rejected his stepmother Phaedra’s romantic advances.Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Morrissey argued that the evidence in question — live rounds that a friend of Gutierrez-Reed’s stepfather turned over to sheriff's officials during her trial — had not been intentionally suppressed and had no bearing on Baldwin's innocence or guilt.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Most of his close relatives served in the Army, including his father, who is Black; his mother and stepfather, who are white; and his twin brother, who was killed in Afghanistan.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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Six publishing companies, The Authors Guild, five authors and two parents filed the lawsuit Aug. 29 in federal court in Orlando.Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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Critics say the law violates the First Amendment and that it should be left to parents, not the government, to monitor their children's social media use.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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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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And just trying to figure out if my dad could have walked out of there, like, putting myself in my dad’s shoes.Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
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My dad has Lewy body [dementia] and Parkinson’s, Brett’s dad has Parkinson’s.Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Virginia Highland Books opened in 2021 when a 56-year-old, book-loving, full-time mom walked by a storefront that was for lease and knew that space should be a bookstore.American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Swift’s high school principal of two years, Paul Decker, still remembers the teenager with corkscrew curls walking into his office the summer of 2004 with her mom.Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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