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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a stepmother" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the wife of one's parent after a divorce or separation.
Example: "After the divorce, my father remarried, and I now have a stepmother who is very kind to me."
Alternatives: "a bonus mom" or "a second mother."
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Being a stepmother is a minefield.
What's it like being a stepmother?
You have been a stepmother yourself.
And what a stepmother this is!
I wouldn't trust such a stepmother, either.
As a stepmother, she says, she was "hopeless".
And what did Ms. Kleinman get from being a stepmother?
A stepmother whose wickedness is by now emblematic.
I had mixed feelings about becoming a stepmother.
She is a friend -- not a stepmother -- to his children.
Instead, she said, she prefers to treat them coldly, like "a stepmother".
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