foster parent

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Recent Examples of foster parent Piper has been a foster parent for 10 years with about 100 young people coming through her home. Libby Smith, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 Lewis was following a nutritionists' advice, lawyer said Lewis has been a foster parent since 2007, according to her attorney Allison Cox. Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025 Even greater, consider becoming a foster parent and/or an adoptive parent. Laura Rivera, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025 What were those early years like as a new foster parent? Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foster parent
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Noun
  • Rodríguez also said the country’s entire public and private healthcare network had been activated to treat the injured, urging doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to report immediately to their workplaces.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • Hours after the crash, some passengers sat on bleachers and others at tables across from one another, as police, nurses and paramedics moved about.
    The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Tierra Davis, who is a nanny, was born and raised in Los Angeles but now lives in Inglewood, Calif.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • Parents from working- and middle-class households are more likely to rely on screens compared to high-income parents, who can hire childcare services, such as full-time nannies.
    Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The 6-11, 237-pound senior center from Virginia could be worth a flier as an elite rim protector with a nearly 7-5 wingspan.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • The leader and protector of his kingdom, his character embodies this Fire sign in its most evolved form.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Ciba mostly makes the metaphor earn its keep because gardens are not innocent.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • Cost per wear nudges you toward fewer regrets at the register and a closet that earns its keep.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • In 1988, when Andrew was a college junior, a 30-year-old babysitter with a history of mental illness, Laurie Dann, went to the Andrews home after shooting six children at Hubbard Woods Elementary School in Winnetka.
    Alexandra Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • Plenty of people are seemingly starting to feel like depleted AI babysitters.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Non-compete agreements bound 30 million Americans, including even low-wage fast-food workers and dog sitters.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Freud held famously unhurried sessions, often requiring sitters to spend unbroken hours in the studio over the course of days or even months.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026

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“Foster parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foster%20parent. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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