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foster

[faw-ster, fos-ter] / ˈfɔ stər, ˈfɒs tər /




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Romanée-Conti’s high demand and hefty price has also motivated thieves and counterfeiters, helping to foster a black market for rare spirits, where shady dealers and covetous buyers are willing to ignore a bottle’s provenance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Meanwhile, the children, who are aged four and five, are with a French foster family in Lisbon and are expected to return to France.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The children have been placed with a French foster family in Lisbon pending their return to France.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Commerce Department confirmed it planned to award grants to nearly a dozen companies to foster the development of the domestic quantum industry.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Thus, many people judge that a wise prince must cunningly foster some hostile action, whenever he has the opportunity, so that in repressing it his greatness will emerge all the more.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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