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- noun Plural form of
half-sibling .
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Examples
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Since Turner was white although Stokes says that he had a black girlfriend and eight "mulatto" half-siblings, it was not clear if this was a racial hate crime or one of madness driven by unrequited sexual lust.
Bernard Starr: Stop Kvetching. Self-Publishing Is Here To Stay -- And Vaulting Ahead Bernard Starr 2011
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Since Turner was white although Stokes says that he had a black girlfriend and eight "mulatto" half-siblings, it was not clear if this was a racial hate crime or one of madness driven by unrequited sexual lust.
Bernard Starr: Stop Kvetching. Self-Publishing Is Here To Stay -- And Vaulting Ahead Bernard Starr 2011
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He stayed in touch with his ex-partners and endeavoured to provide for all of his children, which helped Djourou to remain close to his brother and four half-siblings in two continents.
Arsenal's Johan Djourou: 'We have to show the world the boss is right' | David Hytner 2011
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I was an only child for a long time, and only in my teens had two half-siblings.
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She lives in a shabby apartment with her two half-siblings -- Alissa and Anton -- and their guardian, Maria.
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Indeed, Obama embraces his half-siblings from the first marriage.
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The sudden realization that they have half-siblings or several dozens of half-siblings has to be confusing to many of the estimated 30 to 60 thousand IVF babies born in the United States each year.
Diane Dimond: Laws to Catch Up With Science Diane Dimond 2011
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Novel, if small-screen-scaled documentary in which half-siblings track down their sperm donor father, who turns out to be something of a leader in the field and an eccentric beach bum.
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Mr. Kim and his younger sister spent much of their teenage years worried that their father would ostracize them and favor their half-siblings born of a later wife, according to accounts from relatives of the Kim family who escaped the country.
A Dictator Steeped in Myth Evan Ramstad 2011
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Since then they have each remarried, yet continue to vacation en masse with their new spouses, Ace, and his three half-siblings.
Divorce-cations? Split couples travel together for the kids 2011
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