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to bring forth and raise to maturity through care and education
They expertly parent their second child using all the lessons learned from raising their first.
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Recent Examples of parented
Despite their separation, the two remained on good terms, co-parented their three children and supported each other in public.
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Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
But how you parent is directly related to how you were parented.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Friends of Big Bear Valley Jackie and Shadow, who have been in the spotlight for years after FOBBV set up a nest camera offering a full-time look at the lives of the bald eagles, have parented eaglets in 2019, 2022 and 2025, when Sunny and Gizmo were born.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
But why should children be parented according to their own standards rather than their parents’?
—Maria Balaska, Time, 23 Nov. 2025
Parenting values are simply, deeply personal, and tied closely to the way we were raised and how we were parented as kids, says Kim Rippy, LPC, CCTP-II, trauma and anxiety specialist, and practice owner at Keystone Therapy Group.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 19 Aug. 2025
Organisations parented by his vision host serious literary gatherings, confer prestigious awards, build encyclopaedic information on Tamil literature, art and culture, and impart literary, cultural and philosophical education to hundreds of curious minds.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Pratt and his ex-wife, Anna Faris, welcomed Jack in 2012 and have co-parented since their split in 2017.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
But how you parent is directly related to how you were parented.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Friends of Big Bear Valley Jackie and Shadow, who have been in the spotlight for years after FOBBV set up a nest camera offering a full-time look at the lives of the bald eagles, have parented eaglets in 2019, 2022 and 2025, when Sunny and Gizmo were born.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
But why should children be parented according to their own standards rather than their parents’?
—Maria Balaska, Time, 23 Nov. 2025
Parenting values are simply, deeply personal, and tied closely to the way we were raised and how we were parented as kids, says Kim Rippy, LPC, CCTP-II, trauma and anxiety specialist, and practice owner at Keystone Therapy Group.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 19 Aug. 2025
Organisations parented by his vision host serious literary gatherings, confer prestigious awards, build encyclopaedic information on Tamil literature, art and culture, and impart literary, cultural and philosophical education to hundreds of curious minds.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Pratt and his ex-wife, Anna Faris, welcomed Jack in 2012 and have co-parented since their split in 2017.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parented
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Analysts have raised concerns about concentration risks in South Korea's stock market, with an overreliance on a small group of companies raising the risk of volatility and vulnerability to geopolitical shocks, including a slowdown in data-center spending.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Woldenberg, in response to the tariffs, had implemented a hiring freeze, put off plans to build a new warehouse, and raised the prices of his firm’s products.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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About an hour west of Baltimore, where the city and suburban landscape gives way to Maryland’s rural countryside, visitors can find Fingerboard Farm, an historic landmark in Frederick County that once nurtured fruit orchards.—
William Deffaa,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026
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Growth has been sparked by new ideas, but nurtured by the institutions, infrastructure, and workforce systems that allowed those ideas to scale.—
Eric Kutcher,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Shipp fostered a sound with wah-wah guitar and a tight rhythm section.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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In the 20th century, federal research funding and world-class universities fostered inventions that turned the United States into a scientific superpower.—
Eric Kutcher,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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“Parented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parented. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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