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orphan

noun as in child without parents

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He told Johnson about watching his baby sister starve to death and being orphaned by the Khmer Rouge.

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The Inflation Reduction Act exempted orphan drugs from Medicare price negotiation, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act expanded that exemption under certain conditions.

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The Chadian government's decision is a new blow to Harry's charitable endeavours after he stepped down earlier this year from Sentebale, an organisation he founded to help children orphaned by Aids in Botswana and Lesotho.

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Two mountain lions that were orphaned as cubs have been released back into the San Diego County wilderness.

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In recent years it has even recruited thousands of orphans and street children, the report claims.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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