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  • noun Plural form of step-sibling.

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Examples

  • One of the main things getting her through the day is a seething hatred for the man who killed her mother, the father of her two step-siblings -- and the promise to herself that she'll kill him as soon as he's out of prison.

    My Five: Books on my Unofficial Summer Reading List 2010

  • When the children of divorce are obliged to live with other children of divorce after parents remarry, the "range of step-siblings," we're told, can "provide new interest and give love other shapes, grow the range of affections and ways of caring."

    Isn't Love Divine Charlotte Allen 2011

  • These children were constantly trying to reintegrate as a member of one household or another and often antagonized jealous rejection from the step-siblings.

    Amanda Deverich: What Happens When Polygamists Divorce? Amanda Deverich 2011

  • "If the executor is a child who dislikes his step-mother or step-siblings, he or she might opt out of the portability that would save tax when the step-mother dies," says Ron Aucutt , an estate attorney with McGuireWoods in Washington.

    IRS Clarifies Estate Rules Laura Saunders 2011

  • I do consider myself lucky to have grown up with my step-siblings around me.

    Problem solved 2011

  • These children were constantly trying to reintegrate as a member of one household or another and often antagonized jealous rejection from the step-siblings.

    Amanda Deverich: What Happens When Polygamists Divorce? Amanda Deverich 2011

  • Family get-togethers are lovely but when my step-siblings have been drunk or talking openly without my mum there, they've been very honest about their dislike of her.

    Problem solved 2011

  • The step-siblings set out to force him to feel his pain.

    Catie Lazarus: A Review of The Cleveland Show : Hancock's Previous Episodes 2010

  • The merging of the two companies resulted in Pan Am employees feeling that their "family" had been violated, and National employees felt like the hated step-siblings in a blended family.

    Orphaned by Job Loss: Pan Am Soaring Downward 2010

  • The step-siblings set out to force him to feel his pain.

    A Review of The Cleveland Show : Hancock's Previous Episodes 2010

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