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stepmother

noun

Definition of stepmother

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a woman that your father marries after his marriage to or relationship with your mother has ended

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Recent Examples of stepmother Their visit to the English countryside marked the first time in four years Markle and the couple’s children saw Prince Harry’s father and stepmother. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026 In Murphy’s show, the character will be portrayed as being influenced by Lizzie Borden, a woman who was found guilty of murdering her father and stepmother in 1892. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026 In August 1892, her father, Andrew, and stepmother, Abby, were discovered dead in their home, having been attacked with a hatchet. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 And over the course of six years, her character was put through an emotional wringer as well, getting shot, drugged by her stepmother, strangled, nearly drowned and repeatedly kidnapped — usually while wearing tiny denim cutoffs and a crop top. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stepmother

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Noun

Kelley is a foster mom of two, a children’s book author and founder of the nonprofit Foster Footprints.

— Grey Battle, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026
Somedays her brain fog, headaches and blood pressure would be so bad, her mom needed to pick her up from school.

— Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of mom

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After Davis’ single appearance, Anne Baxter would step in as the matriarch of the series (as a new character), an ironic echo of Baxter’s Eve ambitiously attempting to usurp Davis’ Margo in the classic All About Eve.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Aug. 2026
In Leanne, the eponymous Southern matriarch is faced with starting over when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of matriarch

Noun

After all those years of just my grandma and my momma and my sisters.

— Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
In a time when companies are guilty of solely fostering young talent and offering legacy staff members early buyouts, aviation continues—at least at the employee level—to embrace wisdom from senior mamas and papas.

— Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2026

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