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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

"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

Paige has now been placed in a foster home.

From BBC May 6, 2025

She rested in an incubator in the shelter’s ICU until staffers found a foster home where she could recover.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2025

When I returned to the foster home, I started spinning to make myself dizzy.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter



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