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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

The DoH said even though there had been an increase in health trust-recruited foster carers, there were still significant pressures in providing a placement for every child who needs one.

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

Understanding why someone acted as they did can help foster compassion for others and, importantly, for oneself.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

By state order, the daughter was also placed in foster care.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Jessica, who now lives in the south of England and fosters guinea pigs when not campaigning, says she will always be affected by her relationship with Coles.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The hands-off approach empowers her top talent and fosters trust between her executive team and the board of directors, Tomé told the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Alan Murray.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

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

The discovery enterprise is no more universal than cricket or baseball or soccer; it is peculiar to the post-Columbus world, and it can only survive within a society which fosters competition.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

From the 1880s into the 1910s, technological disruption, economic stratification, and anxiety over immigration, trade and national identity fractured party coalitions and fostered unexpected alliances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

It was all the more jarring because elsewhere Nordqvist had unmistakably fostered that famed European spirit which so often permeates through Solheim and Ryder Cup successes.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The chaplain relished the privacy and isolation of his verdant surroundings and the reverie and meditation that living there fostered.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

That means fostering investment, raising productivity and enabling wage growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Half a century later, Berg is the one happily fostering young talent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The campaign includes a push to attract people from a wider range of backgrounds and encourage more flexible forms of fostering.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But as new knowledge accumulated, the printing press instead of fostering scepticism began to make possible a new type of confidence.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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