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foster home

[faw-ster hohm, fos-ter] / ˈfɔ stər ˈhoʊm, ˈfɒs tər /
NOUN
household caring for orphaned or troubled child
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The state placed her in an “affirming” foster home, where she shares a bedroom with a teenage boy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

An attorney for Herman Law said in a court filing the client believed she’d been in a foster home there, and the lack of records didn’t conclusively establish anything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

"I realised I didn't want the fame or the riches. I wanted to be a mum and a wife. Being a kid from foster home, that was all I actually craved."

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

By May 1984, two of the Galston sisters — Denise and Debbie — had joined Sindle at the foster home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

“The foster home is only half a mile away. He won’t be far.”

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz


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