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 siblings worked at their family’s record label, Cintas Acuario, while waiting for their opportunity to record.
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
But older siblings do have the unique position to act as both an influence and a peer—close enough in age to feel like a friend, but with just enough authority to keep you in check.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Sep. 2025
The very different siblings, who are each going through their own personal life challenges, have naturally gone in separate directions over the years, and the idea of spending 10 days cooped up on a river cruise together makes each Keller child cringe for their own reasons.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
As the five siblings grew up, Julianne broke out as a dancer on Dancing with the Stars, while Derek later joined her.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
But older siblings do have the unique position to act as both an influence and a peer—close enough in age to feel like a friend, but with just enough authority to keep you in check.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Sep. 2025
The very different siblings, who are each going through their own personal life challenges, have naturally gone in separate directions over the years, and the idea of spending 10 days cooped up on a river cruise together makes each Keller child cringe for their own reasons.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
As the five siblings grew up, Julianne broke out as a dancer on Dancing with the Stars, while Derek later joined her.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sibling
Noun
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The sisters try to dispose of the body and erase the evidence, but their journey reveals some deeper, darker secrets about their community.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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His sister was the family archivist and quite literally just had a box of undeveloped film.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Along with Demi Lovato, the brothers will executive produce the Disney Channel Original Movie.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Directed by twin brothers Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou, Bring Her Back stars Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Philips, Sally–Anne Upton, Stephen Philips, Mischa Heywood and Sally Hawkins.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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After the eighth-generation jeweler Munnu Kasliwal died in 2012, his son Siddharth took over, and today runs the business alongside his brother, cousins, and uncle.—
Gayatri Shah,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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That unusually low resonance makes nuclear clocks uniquely suited to timekeeping at the nuclear scale, and sets them apart from their atomic cousins.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
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First responders were called to the home of Uvalde Regional District Director Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, on Saturday night after a relative found her on fire outside her house.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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The app gives owners the option to connect with the owners of their canine's relative, to exchange information about their pets or schedule a playdate.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Sibling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibling. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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