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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foster parent
Noun
  • Anyone with concerns or questions is asked to contact the district's main office or the school nurse.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • From parents getting their students ready for school, bus drivers getting them there, the nurses, cafeteria staff, teachers.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • One point lifted from Shear’s life was his experience working as a Manhattan family manny (a male nanny).
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The former South Carolina politician − who resigned from his role as state treasurer in 2007 after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge − was accused of assaulting a former nanny in 2015.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The action to rescue her falls eventually to Mario and Luigi, having relocated permanently to the Mushroom Kingdom and serving as protectors of the realm, solving problems for its inhabitants.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Shiite minorities in other countries tend to view Iranian leaders as protectors and have sometimes risked personal safety to protest the war.
    Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Once tucked inside the seed coat, the starches, oils, and protein in endosperm keep for months.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Brandt Clarke’s keep-in at the blue line went to the wall for Kempe, who drew a defender and slipped the puck to Kopitar.
    Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • When a nurse showed her a dog food pellet, Laura said the child may have eaten it while unattended at a babysitter’s home, the affidavit states.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Four of them were his sisters; the other was a babysitter.
    Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The post ncluded a photo sent by the dog sitter showing the pup wearing a strange device locked around his neck.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But thanks to a viral social media campaign, a vigilant pet sitter and a determined police officer, the little girl was reunited with her Cockapoo named Major on Wednesday, March 25, according to ABC7 / Eyewitness News.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Foster parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foster%20parent. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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