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Recent Examples of foster parent
Even greater, consider becoming a foster parent and/or an adoptive parent.
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Laura Rivera, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
For those unfamiliar, what’s the process to become a foster parent?
—Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The reports came from a school therapist at a local elementary school after a student’s foster parent told them Cordum had come to the home for an appointment and inserted something into the child’s rectum, according to a July 2024 news release by the state’s Department of Justice.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The foster parent, who wished to remain anonymous, broke down after seeing a shelter's post about a kitten being returned by an adopter because of allergies.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Laura Rivera, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
For those unfamiliar, what’s the process to become a foster parent?
—Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
The reports came from a school therapist at a local elementary school after a student’s foster parent told them Cordum had come to the home for an appointment and inserted something into the child’s rectum, according to a July 2024 news release by the state’s Department of Justice.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The foster parent, who wished to remain anonymous, broke down after seeing a shelter's post about a kitten being returned by an adopter because of allergies.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foster parent
Noun
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Trusting world-class surgeons and unbelievable nurses.—
Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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Veress was a nurse at Sutter Health’s Davis hospital, the company said in a statement.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The rooms Suites come in a variety of configurations—some to suit couples on a romantic break, others for families with a nanny.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Fashion Angle The Nanny stars Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, who becomes the nanny for a wealthy Manhattan family and develops a relationship with her widowed employer, Maxwell.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Detroit, San Antonio and OKC each boast great rim protectors and formidable double-big lineups.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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That leaves Etienne, Tyler Allgeier and Rico Dowdle, another capable pass protector.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Software and services names were at the epicenter, while Big Tech leaders including Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, Alphabet, and Oracle collectively lost more than $1 trillion in market cap as investors questioned whether massive AI capital expenditures would ever earn their keep.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The pressure to win keeps increasing, and the salaries follow.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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While one family may allow a 7-year-old to walk to the park alone, another may still hire a babysitter for a 12-year-old.—
Amy Morin,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2026
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Investigators say the now-15-year-old put in the Notes app on her phone that she was touched inappropriately multiple times by Hank her babysitter.—
Mamie Bah,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While under the care of a pet sitter, Chai ingested a piece of plastic from a food wrapper.—
Ryan Brennan
March 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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Chai died at age 5 while under the care of a pet sitter.—
Ryan Brennan
March 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Foster parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foster%20parent. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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