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foster

[faw-ster, fos-ter] / ˈfɔ stər, ˈfɒs tər /




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The industry’s transition to larger, more complex four-stroke engines helped foster an increase in PWCs’ average size and displacement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

"We must foster a culture in which sexual assault is inexcusable and ensure our community is empowered and understands informed consent," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Neighborhood residents Herman Johnson and Laura Lacy told KTLA-TV that Babers is their foster daughter and the baby their grandchild.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Work-requirement exemptions for some groups — including certain homeless people, veterans and young adults formerly in foster care — were removed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Girls in foster households took turns doing all the chores—some fetching water, others cooking or cleaning or scrubbing clothes by hand.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

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

Activists say there weren’t enough fosters for the babies, which need around-the-clock care for weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

The British political system "fosters the eccentricity, the wonderment and the humour of politics", he added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The young musicians in modern conservatoires, music colleges and universities study in an environment that fosters respect for and engagement with a multitude of genres and traditions.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

Sepulveda was a foster parent and fostered approximately 90 children over the years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Born in Wolverhampton, Hudson-Smith said before the championships that it would "mean the world" to land gold not only home soil, but inside the arena which fostered his love for the sport.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Ms. Willetts runs through various examples to make her case that the “organized rebellion” fostered by nightclubs often ignited cultural change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Benjamin Franklin fostered the silk industry in Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Nanjing Romantic Center’s mission is fostering an “atmosphere of romantic love” starting from getting the certificate, said Zhang Shuqin, who works in business development for the center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

"TikTok's priority has always been fostering a safe and positive space where people can be creative, discover what they love, and connect with their community," a company spokesperson told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Cats need your help in Los Angeles, and fostering may be one answer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Sam's reunion comes after Foster Wales launched a pilot across 37 schools in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot in May, with the aim of connecting local authority fostering services directly with schools.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Europe’s fragmentation did, and China’s unity didn’t, foster the advance of technology, science, and capitalism by fostering competition between states and providing innovators with alternative sources of support and havens from persecution.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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