as in sister
a person connected with another by a common parent
I asked her if she had any siblings.
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Recent Examples of sibling
In the footage, Lola bats her new sibling with her paw, leading the pup to lose balance and fall over.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The label was founded by two siblings, business partners Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton (whose last names formed the basis of the label’s name).
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 1 May 2025
My own company has heard from families who have passed down our bikes to their siblings, cousins, neighborhood kids and beyond.
—Ryan McFarland, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The siblings, who grew up immersed in Thailand’s entertainment industry and are fluent in both Thai and English, are expected to drop new material in the latter half of 2025.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The label was founded by two siblings, business partners Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton (whose last names formed the basis of the label’s name).
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 1 May 2025
My own company has heard from families who have passed down our bikes to their siblings, cousins, neighborhood kids and beyond.
—Ryan McFarland, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The siblings, who grew up immersed in Thailand’s entertainment industry and are fluent in both Thai and English, are expected to drop new material in the latter half of 2025.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sibling
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But with hindsight, the sisters say, there were signs.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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Bundy recently went through all the costumes and shoes stored in her garage from her days on the stage as the bubbly sorority sister.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa One of the first two Prancing Horses ever sold by Enzo Ferrari, this 166 Spyder Corsa—chassis No. 004 C—was originally purchased in 1948 by Soave Besana (his brother Gabriele got the other).—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2025
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His brother, Tiger Bech, was one of 14 people killed in a terrorist attack on New Year’s Day in New Orleans.—
Tashan Reed,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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The two Meyerson cousins, though distantly related to Rabbi Anne, remain close with their California kin.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2025
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With fresh data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the team reported the detection of the spectroscopic chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or its cousin, dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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On March 9, just before 4:30 p.m., dispatchers received a report of a nonverbal child who ran away from his family at a supermarket in the 9600 block of Mission Gorge Road, leaving relatives unable to find him, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release Monday, April 28.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The human rights group’s findings are based on more than 100 interviews with victims, relatives and witnesses, along with a review of 76 videos, 17 photographs and official documents such as death certificates and court records.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Sibling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibling. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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