foundlings

plural of foundling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for foundlings
Noun
  • Leavitt became a polarizing figure after posting a video of herself dancing in front of her newborn who had been hospitalized with RSV.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 30 June 2025
  • Tennessee, for example, requires hospitals to provide parents of newborns with information about pertussis, or whooping cough, and about the availability of a vaccine for pertussis, using information that’s in line with ACIP recommendations.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • This moving real-life saga opens with a family—Evelyn and her five, soon to be six, children—living in a small city in California.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Her fiancé at the time wasn't ready for children, but Zirkle didn't have time to wait.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Foundlings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foundlings. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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