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
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Noun
  • Volunteers in more than 30 other Canadian communities have since duplicated his website in an effort to attract their own American nurses and doctors.
    Brett Kelman, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Another member is a nurse who was previously involved the National Vaccine Information Center, an advocacy group that questions the safety of vaccines.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • According to the outlet, hours before the former Duke of York’s arrest, Eugenie, her husband Jack Brooksbank, and their kids August, 5, and Ernest, 2, were joined by friends and the boys’ nanny at the Swiss resort of Gstaad.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
  • And that’s thanks, in large part, to her nannies.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • After Miles Killebrew’s injury, Peppers served as the personal protector on the punt team.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Your desire to be a protector is probably very powerful!
    Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Functional designs that pull double, or even triple, duty are an easy way to make your dollar stretch further, especially in smaller spaces where each piece needs to earn its keep.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Mazda’s i-Activsense safety suite includes adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist, blind-spot monitoring, and other modern aids as standard.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Modern kids’ smartwatches can even include HD voice and video calling, allowing parents, grandparents, or babysitters to check in when needed.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • His therapist’s granddaughters need a babysitter.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The concierge can also coordinate sitters or walkers for an additional fee.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Unlike the portraits in Newman’s book, which were painted to glorify their sitters, many of the images in the Epstein files have a queasy, destabilizing aspect.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026

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“Foster parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foster%20parent. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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