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foster

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




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Jackson entered the race in February and presented himself as a political outsider who had grown up in Georgia's foster care system.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

If you are interested in becoming a foster carer, contact your local fostering service.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

But with record numbers of children in care, more foster carers – like Beverly - are needed.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Safety Quentin Lake and cornerback Trent McDuffie intercepted passes to foil a Justin Herbert-led offense that went into the game as the NFL’s lowest-scoring outfit and did little to foster reason for optimism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Your foster parents have been called. You’ll be back with them soon. We’re waiting for your clothes.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

But instead of the traditional cutthroat audition setting, where every actor silently sizes up the competition, the Brook Arts Center fosters a warm environment.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Dresser wanted a Dutch door — one where both the top and bottom halves swing open independently — attached to their office space, where they sometimes isolate fosters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Along with giving tweens and teens something to look forward to, recess encourages movement, builds social confidence, and fosters a sense of community, which are all vital to healthy development.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

“That calls for public policy that promotes innovation while also incentivising responsibility and security, fosters international collaboration on key safety issues, and encourages careful consideration of how AI is deployed for the benefit of society.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Genuine science and mathematical precision are more intriguing than are the “facts” published in supermarket tabloids or a romantic innumeracy which fosters credulity, stunts skepticism, and dulls one to real imponderables.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The growing attractiveness of Madrid has fostered an influx of wealth, especially in real estate -- but the bonanza has come at a cost.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

These sanitized accounts ignored the homemade dangers, such as the health problems fostered by an overstretched military — realities many children would face when a changed parent finally came home.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Sepulveda was a foster parent and fostered approximately 90 children over the years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Fierce competition for open roles, a flood of AI-generated communication from both job candidates and recruiters, and an always-on communication culture fostered during pandemic-era remote work have sped up the clock on the hiring process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

They also believed camp life fostered a sense of camaraderie among young people from all classes, since rich and poor alike lived side by side, performing the same manual labor and sharing rations.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

He targets the antipsychiatry movement for fostering dangerous misunderstandings about psychotic disorders and argues against “the tendency to treat mental illness as an exciting adventure.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Institutions also play a role in fostering that love, too.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Now is the time to come forward and join fostering, because it is changing and it is improving."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Children and Families Minister Josh MacAlister said more people may now be able to consider fostering.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In King’s Landing, bribes had been Littlefinger’s domain, whilst Lord Varys had the task of fostering division amongst the crown’s enemies.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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