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Recent Examples of stepparent
Additionally, bonus moms may participate in simple household chores or even family decision making, depending on the family’s arrangement or understanding, but that is usually the role of a stepparent or guardian.
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Oct. 2024
Both stepparents redid their wills, writing us out of them.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
Both stepparents redid their will’s writing us out of them.
—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
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 29 Oct. 2024
Both stepparents redid their wills, writing us out of them.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
Both stepparents redid their will’s writing us out of them.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stepparent
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 death of the mother and stepfather of Scottish actor Callum Kerr in France could have been a murder-suicide, prosecutors say.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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The stepfather’s attorney information was not listed.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2025
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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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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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Silky moms take advantage of modern tech and up-to-date science to make their parenting lives easier.—
Jana Pollack,
Parents,
11 Feb. 2025
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Are these moms overstimulated in the technical sense?—
Angela Haupt,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Stepparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stepparent. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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