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
The man’s 10-year-old sibling, who was a passenger in the vehicle, suffered a broken arm and other injuries, police said.
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The family's real-life youngest sibling, Chris, who died by suicide in 1991 at 21, was not portrayed.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Estrada's surviving siblings, Manuel Estrada and Ruth Tucker, have long lobbied for his identification, according to a 2018 article from The Daily Democrat.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Agents from the bureau and officials from the Anderson County Sheriff's Office were able to locate people who DNA showed were the siblings of the unidentified man.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The family's real-life youngest sibling, Chris, who died by suicide in 1991 at 21, was not portrayed.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Estrada's surviving siblings, Manuel Estrada and Ruth Tucker, have long lobbied for his identification, according to a 2018 article from The Daily Democrat.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Agents from the bureau and officials from the Anderson County Sheriff's Office were able to locate people who DNA showed were the siblings of the unidentified man.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sibling
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Dear brothers and sisters, In the Lord’s Paschal Mystery, death and life contended in a stupendous struggle, but the Lord now lives forever (cf.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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According to the news station, Rosa was traveling in a vehicle with her 10-year-old sister and their mother and father on Sunday, April 20 when their car became stranded in water.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniella Pineda, Allison Robertson and J.K. Simmons co-star in Accountant 2, which sees Affleck’s character compelled to step in and help solve the murder of an old acquaintance with the help of his estranged brother and a U.S. Treasury agent.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Apr. 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
Noun
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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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Police in Frisco on Thursday night responded to a gunshot call at a house where relatives of a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at a track meet live.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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Thomas had sustained injuries to the head and neck and died at a local hospital on June 19, according to relatives.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Sibling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibling. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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