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fosterage

noun

Definition of fosteragenext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fosterage
  1. encouragement
  2. funding
  3. endowment
  4. subsidy
  5. assistance
  6. financing
Noun
  • De Zerbi will take encouragement from Savio’s bright debut, with the £85million recruit from Manchester City looking bright and threatening, without executing on the final action.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The YouTube videos, Griffin said, were causing third-party contact because of Myers’ encouragement.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of encouragement
Noun
  • In some cases, courts have ruled against the administration's grant funding cuts.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • With its latest funding, Kanin plans to scale waste heat-to-power and other on-site generation projects across North American heavy industry, focusing on energy costs, reliability and emissions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of funding
Noun
  • Over the past five years, the endowment has gone up by about $7 million.
    — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Lawrence, who has represented Dior since 2012, will present the grand prize, which comes with a cash endowment of 400,000 euros and mentorship by the French luxury conglomerate’s teams.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of endowment
Noun
  • Quantifying the cost of disruptions — from fuel subsidies and emergency imports to lost output and idle workers — would make the case for resilience more tangible.
    — Nana Menya Ayensu, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Those companies currently operate the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets, which have proven reliable but are only marginally competitive, even with the assistance of government subsidies.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of subsidy
Noun
  • More than half the population is estimated to need humanitarian assistance because of surging gang violence amid deepening poverty and hunger.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The organization provides resources, education and other assistance from the idea phase to scaling up phase, Swaney said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of assistance
Noun
  • This is also a mechanism that can support the scaling and financing of new industrial companies in clean tech, and the investment in new sustainable technologies.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • While intended to shield ordinary consumers and blunt public backlash, the move significantly increases operational costs for data centers, further driving up project financing needs.
    — , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of financing

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“Fosterage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fosterage. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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