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fosterage

noun

Definition of fosterage

as in encouragement

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Recent Examples of fosterage Parental leave should be inclusive of surrogacy, fosterage, and adoption and apply to each child added to an employee’s family. — Jeni Mayorskaya, Quartz, 7 Oct. 2022

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Al Ahli, who are set to lose their manager Matthias Jaissle to Newcastle United, had shortlisted Slot as a potential replacement, but are unlikely to receive any encouragement.

— Gregg Evans, New York Times, 31 July 2026
But his avuncular encouragement of Tony in what could be absolute folly brings real heart to this section — until calamity intrudes.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026

Definition of encouragement

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With funding now threatened, Duncan fears that programs serving underserved schools could be cut, saying that the money is invaluable to Los Angeles.

— Hunter Sowards, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Medina Diaz ran on increasing public education funding, strengthening the school system, improving aging infrastructure and raising the state minimum wage to $16.

— Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of funding

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Perhaps the defining competitive advantage of the twenty-first-century university will not be measured by rankings, endowment, enrollment, or research expenditures alone.

— David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
In June, the city secured a preliminary injunction barring GLAZA from retaining or distributing the endowment after its operating agreement with the zoo expired last year.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of endowment

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The subsidy headlined a gaudy incentive package offering property and sales tax exemptions, discount electricity and payments for infrastructure in exchange for about 9,000 jobs.

— Mark Dee August 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026
As Brun was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, Hawaii’s sugarcane plantations were shutting down amid growing international competition and the removal of a federal sugar-industry subsidy.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of subsidy

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The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance to locate a 21-year-old man prosecutors allege held another man against his will at Smithville Lake.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is leading the death investigation with assistance from local, state and federal agencies.

— Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of assistance

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According to a stadium lease between the city and the Public Building Authority signed in 2009, the city had authorized issuing $12 million in short-term financing obligations to build Dickey-Stephens Park, which opened in 2007.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2026
In 2024, Belk moved to strengthen its financial position by restructuring over $950 million in debt and securing $485 million in new financing, granting certain lenders increased control.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026

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