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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

Joanna Napoletano and Darlene Sindle had lived with the Galston triplets in a local foster home, and were known to run with a rowdy crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

Especially after the night she’d spent locked on the roof of her foster home.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti


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