step-parent
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“We don’t use the term stepfather or step-parent in this family,” Ebersol said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2022
"Think of it like getting a new step-parent," the actress explained.
From Fox News • Nov. 24, 2021
Caitlyn, who is step-parent to the Kardashian family, says Kanye West would be her ideal campmate.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2019
My mother was, well … a mother, one who agreed to sever her relationship to her children because her new husband had no interest in being a step-parent.
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2019
Much has been written regarding the supposed unhappiness of Ramsay's boyhood in the household of his step-parent.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
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