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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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At Northeast Georgia Medical Center, the three women are nurses in connected roles, caring for mothers and newborns at different stages.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
6 May 2026
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The offer is available in-shop only, and nurses and teachers will need to show ID to redeem the offer.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Certain students in Work Experience Education programs — or those working as personal attendants such as babysitters or nannies — may be allowed to work up to eight hours on a school day.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Then there came a long line of nannies who couldn’t manage more than a few weeks, or even just a few days, with me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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If your recliner is old and worn, that age will clearly show with a protector.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Denver lost its two best rim protectors, who also supplied the bulk of its offensive baseline production via cuts for dunks and lobs and corner 3-point shooting.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
29 Apr. 2026
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Multi-functional furniture is the small-space cheat code When every square foot counts, every piece should earn its keep — ideally by doing two jobs at once.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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The patio earns its keep as both a relaxing retreat and a working kitchen garden.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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Therapist Sherry Gonzalez has kept her fourth-grade son at home, rescheduling work hours, hiring babysitters.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Certain students in Work Experience Education programs — or those working as personal attendants such as babysitters or nannies — may be allowed to work up to eight hours on a school day.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The first show is a group show, featuring my personal highlight, some of Steven Shearer’s epic photos of his sitters.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
5 May 2026
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Until now, this left historians to rely on inscriptions from 18th-century copies of Holbein originals to identify the drawings’ sitters.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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“Foster parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foster%20parent. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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