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stepparents

noun

plural of stepparent

as in stepmothers

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Patterson invited the parents of her estranged husband and their two elderly friends to lunch in July 2024.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
DeLaune, of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said parents can be a key line of defense against the proliferation of unauthorized images.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of parents

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Yet, a study by the Gender Equity Policy Institute shows that mothers spend nearly double the amount of time on childcare and domestic work compared to fathers.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
There are no statistics to represent those new mothers who do not think, or are afraid, to describe their mental state.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of mothers

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As a lot of us descendants traveled to these meetings with our dads and sat at these meetings with our dads.

— Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Chronic sleep deprivation raises the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, weight gain and depression, and for moms and dads juggling night feedings, school runs and work, those risks stack up fast.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026

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