foster parent

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Recent Examples of foster parent Even greater, consider becoming a foster parent and/or an adoptive parent. 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 See All Example Sentences for foster parent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foster parent
Noun
  • Trusting world-class surgeons and unbelievable nurses.
    Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Detroit, San Antonio and OKC each boast great rim protectors and formidable double-big lineups.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • That leaves Etienne, Tyler Allgeier and Rico Dowdle, another capable pass protector.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The pressure to win keeps increasing, and the salaries follow.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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