foster parent

Examples of foster parent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Plus, the mom of five says Tommie's foster parents have remained in his life as aunt and uncle figures. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024 Advertisement Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles), who was author of the bill, was once in the child welfare system and was adopted by foster parents as a baby. Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024 For evolutionary biologists, the term cuckoldry originated to describe cuckoo birds who lay their eggs in other species’ nests, leaving their offspring to be unknowingly raised by foster parents. Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024 The big guy well outweighs his foster parents, who average around 11 kgs or 24 pounds, and eats about double what an adult king penguin does in a day. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foster parent 

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“Foster parent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foster%20parent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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