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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.
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Jeni Mayorskaya, Quartz, 7 Oct. 2022
Jeni Mayorskaya, Quartz, 7 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fosterage
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The recent sighting provided encouragement to conservationists.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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Redd offered encouragement and resources, including money for a hotel room.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
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Vought, who helped write the policy blueprint known as Project 2025, is playing a major role during the shutdown, including on decisions over whether there are mass layoffs of federal employees instead of furloughs and what funding is cut and what is allowed to flow.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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In a change, the 2026 budget would allocate funding to allow nonpublic schools to participate in the meals program.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Still, advocates insist that HBCUs struggle with funding and their endowments are significantly smaller than predominately White institutions.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Margin-sensitivity refers to being focused on fees and net cost efficiency — institutions like pensions and endowments often negotiate hard on management fees, performance fees, and deal terms.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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In their funding bill, Democrats included a provision to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire this year, warning that failure to act could lead to higher insurance premiums.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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Democrats have largely withheld votes from a short-term plan to fund the government, insisting Republicans engage with them on extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Noting the billions of dollars that Arkansas spends each year on federal programs to help the poor, including Medicaid, food stamps, child welfare and unemployment assistance, Sanders suggested the problems are often too big for a single program to fix.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Oct. 2025
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The program, which offers $1,500 mid-pregnancy cash assistance and then $500 a month up to a year of the baby's life, already operates in 11 communities around Michigan.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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There will be 223 new apartments available altogether, once the Union at Rose Park is completed, and 165 of those will be considered affordable housing for lower-income residents, a requirement of each development's tax incremental financing.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Federal Reserve’s recent survey of farm financial conditions found that weaker income has reduced liquidity for farmers, boosting demand for financing.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Fosterage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fosterage. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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