foster parent

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Recent Examples of foster parent The singer also spoke in her interview about wanting to become a foster parent in the future. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2025 Proponents of parental involvement laws believe that the laws will foster parent-child communication and improve pregnancy decision-making. Kate Coleman-Minahan, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025 Penelope also loves car rides, but the foster parent is still working on her dog's leash-walking skills. David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025 On average, a foster parent is paid about $6,000 a month. Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foster parent
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Noun
  • Doctors and nurses were wheeling his wife, 33-year-old Hailey Okula, to the intensive care unit shortly after giving birth to their son, Crew, by cesarean section at Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Expanding the number of doctors and nurses serving Illinois and the nation.
    Dick Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Karimloo, who more often plays serious types, brings a nice bit of comic undertones to the Pirate King, and Monsoon is an absolute hoot as the needy, conniving pirate nanny.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Imagine if Uncle Bob had a nanny cam embedded in that huge taxidermied leopard.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While the Bucks veteran center is a talented rim protector, Turner has the skill set to limit his impact by being a pick-and-pop threat and pulling Lopez away from the rim.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Doing away with positions on the NBA’s All-Defensive Teams, a change the league implemented last season, clogs ballots with rim protectors.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Gurriel will have to earn his keep by showing in April’s real games that the exhibitions of March were not a mirage.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
  • A week after the adoption event, the couple drove to his foster carer's house to take Fletcher home for keeps.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The portraits play out as performances by the artist and the sitters.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Apolinario, meanwhile, has seen strong interest in another type of sitter—not for kids, but for dogs.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Foster parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foster%20parent. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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