foster parent

Definition of foster parentnext

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foster parent
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
  • Danny and Nia are traveling with their baby and a nanny, and Kristen and Luke, a Lincoln Logs set that can only make a shooting range, are also traveling with an infant, her sister, and brother-in-law, and so much emotional baggage that Jet Blue charged them $35 million in luggage fees.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 June 2026
  • Capra explains that a mother's helper is different from other home helpers, like a nanny or even a housekeeper.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 18 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
  • While the two keep drinking and wait for a rare lunar event, old grievances, outrageous escapades, and macho rivalries explode to the surface.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 June 2026
  • While technically designed for spoons, these savvy kitchen accessories earn their keep with salad tongs, soup ladles, and other tools that need a place to land mid-recipe.
    Mina Dragani, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Plenty of people are seemingly starting to feel like depleted AI babysitters.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
  • According to the police report, the 5-year-old victim was at her babysitter's home when she was inappropriately touched by Hernandez, who was also inside the house.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 17 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 26 Jun. 2026.

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