Synonym: care for, cultivate, feed, mind, nourish, nurse, nurture, rear, support, tend. Similar words: poster, oyster, eastern, cluster, western, monster, bolster, yesterday. Meaning: ['fɑstə(r) ,'fɔ- /'fɒs-] n. United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864). v. 1. promote the growth of 2. bring up under fosterage; of children 3. help develop, help grow. adj. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties.
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91. More recently, a number of voluntary initiatives have sought to foster a sense of belonging to the community on the part of young people.
92. Foster parents were as likely as their wards to find a justifiable cause for bellyache.
93. This has tended to foster a very negative attitude towards this form of provision and the staff who work in such units.
94. And, as we have already seen, it is the Bible's function to feed and foster such a relationship.
95. Beattie and Foster were fully involved with Paisley and Wylie in their protests and in electioneering.
96. Nationally, a disproportionate 48 percent of all foster children are minorities.
97. Her foster brother's misinformation must be dispelled, but what did she say?
98. In seven Tests at headquarters between 1983 and 1989, Foster took just 14 wickets at 44 runs apiece.
99. In July 1993, Foster, then deputy White House counsel, committed suicide.
100. In 1988 the foster parents gave notice of their application to adopt the child.
101. His foster father, who is his uncle(Sentencedict.com), stated that Jimmy may have some learning disabilities.
102. Foster Yeoman sees potential in selling spare capacity on its trains to other users.
103. The children were taken to foster homes where they will be kept until a determination can be made about their future.
104. The move follows an unsuccessful bid by Mr Foster to get the board to reinstate the facility Teesdale farmers regard as essential.
105. Lambeth Council is trying to encourage more homosexual men and women to adopt children or become foster parents.
106. In contrast, innovative organizations foster constant communication, so information flows quickly through their ranks.
107. In the first instance the government was aiming to foster a private sector in small and medium-sized enterprises.
108. Hospital documents had begun showing recommendations that Jackie be placed in foster care as early as 1973.
109. In our view, he was the only one who could possibly bring about municipal government reform and foster economic growth.
110. So perhaps another way to foster a more sustainable gay culture would be to create institutions that promote intergenerational interaction.
111. It is intended to foster greater appreciation of the complex and contentious issues associated with research in this and other controversial areas.
112. The Biblical Commission, originally established to foster biblical scholarship, had been used by Pius X to repress it.
113. The workshops can foster better communication between husbands and wives.
114. Our aim should be to foster more equal relationships with disabled people.
115. Torquay pulled back to 4-2 through Adrian Foster and substitute Stuart Herd but tempers began to flare.
116. The neo-populist view points to a variety of factors which counteracted the tendency of commercialization to foster differentiation.
117. The local authority obtained an emergency protection order and placed the girl with foster parents.
118. Certainly, says executive director Serrin Foster(sentencedict.com/foster.html), the group favors changes in the law that would end legal abortions.
119. You depict rare occurrences - like Westerners paying for foster children to visit their affluent country - as a major problem.
120. Creating a business development group may be necessary to consolidate knowledge and foster learning, but it is not always enough.
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