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Children of one's wife or husband from another relationship.

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Usage examples (35)
  • Blended families, such as stepchildren and adopted children, also are allowed.
  • They call me Dad and I couldn't be more proud of my kids and when I refer to them in conversation I never say "stepchildren".
  • If he saw the kind of stepchildren he was in for, it might choke him off, "said the Terror.
  • "stepchildren," saying these institutions are part of the national fuel for a second generation of nuclear ...
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