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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a half sister" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a sibling who shares only one biological parent with another sibling.
Example: "She has a half sister from her father's previous marriage."
Alternatives: "a half-sibling" or "a half-brother/sister".
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She is a half sister, Carla Ruff.
A half sister Cynthia Madigan resides in England.
(Wonder has four half brothers and a half sister).
By then, Philip and Francis had a half brother; a half sister soon followed.
Koehler's mother, Charlotte, was a half sister of William and Richard Thorpe.
I have a whole sister, a half sister and stepsister, and the same things with brothers".
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So he has a half-sister, Deborah.
June had a half-sister too, Dorothy.
(The ballet critic Julie Kavanagh is a half-sister).
His dam is a half-sister to Big Buck's.
Part of the group that Destiny hung around with included a half-sister of Melissa's.
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