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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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They are all now settling into a foster home.

From BBC Mar. 1, 2026

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

I grew up in a foster home in the San Fernando Valley.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

The foster home is a jacked-up duplex with the face of a battered building—bricks missing, indecipherable and colorful graffiti.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera



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