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Recent Examples of sisterly
Check out photos of one of our favorite sisterly duos, from their days as kids playing tennis in Compton to dominating and shining together on the world’s biggest stages.
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 26 Sep. 2024
Those writers, along with Rooney, offer a sisterly counterpart to a larger boom in contemporary romance, with hits by authors like Emily Henry, Colleen Hoover, and Casey McQuiston dominating the best-seller lists and social media.
—Kate Dwyer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Hollywood has told this story before, it can be fairly said, and Kapadia channels those pleasures of sisterly solidarity and getting your groove back while also adding a subtle layer of spiritual awakening.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
He was also taken with the various images Hujar had taken of kids, like this 1957 image of two youngsters which might, thinks Green, depict sisterly closeness.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 26 Sep. 2024
Those writers, along with Rooney, offer a sisterly counterpart to a larger boom in contemporary romance, with hits by authors like Emily Henry, Colleen Hoover, and Casey McQuiston dominating the best-seller lists and social media.
—Kate Dwyer, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Hollywood has told this story before, it can be fairly said, and Kapadia channels those pleasures of sisterly solidarity and getting your groove back while also adding a subtle layer of spiritual awakening.
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
He was also taken with the various images Hujar had taken of kids, like this 1957 image of two youngsters which might, thinks Green, depict sisterly closeness.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sisterly
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McFadden, Scaroni, and Romanchuk all expressed similar sentiments on familial support, saying the backing of family and friends have proven integral to their individual successes in sport.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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In the song, Simón dies alone in 1986 without familial support, due to a mystery illness.Quispe López, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
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Kicked out of the family home for brotherly love – loving the wrong brother – Nic is reduced to sharing a caravan with her not so trustworthy best friend Jen.K.J. Yossman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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What follows is a study of ambition, class, brotherly rivalry, and competition that’s far removed from the typical sports-movie tropes like winning the big game and growing as a person.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 29 July 2024
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Unencumbered by the neurosis or abject horniness of his standard live-action roles, Stiller is gently fraternal as the voice of Alex the Lion, the franchise’s core mammal and group leader.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Share [Findings] Sets of both fraternal and identical twins exhibit internally similar metacognitive abilities, suggesting that metacognition is environmental rather than heritable.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Sisterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sisterly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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