foster parent
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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While he had no recollections of her, and said his adopted parents had been "brilliant", Barker felt robbed of memories of his biological mother.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
Antonio exists in a liminal space, disconnected from his Korean heritage, estranged from his adopted parents, viewed as an outsider in the only place he has called home.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021
Christina Schoellkopf: What I care about is the message it led to at the end: recognizing that Leia and Luke were her adopted parents.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019
Asunta’s adopted parents, they decided, had grown tired of the girl they had “bought” a decade earlier.
From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2016
Here we were—my adopted parents, my birth mother, my half sister, and a stranger my mother needed for support—courteously sitting across from one another.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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