Cause
Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: the ice storm caused a massive power outage
Foster and cause are semantically related. in bring about topic. In some cases you can use "Foster" instead a verb "Cause".
Foster
Foster verb - To help the growth or development of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Summary: Poe is a self-proclaimed punk and a rebel with a cause, Rey is a scrappy foster kid who's found a niche, and Finn is an overachiever on the verge of a breakdown.
Source: Fanfic Recs / The Force Awakens - Bloo of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends has one when his actions inadvertently cause Terrence's imaginary friend Red to have an emotional breakdown.
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Anna in When Marnie Was There initially has trouble seeing her foster family as true family, calling her foster mother "auntie," however, the events of the movie cause her to accept them, and at the end she introduces her foster mother as simply "my mother."
Source: Happily Adopted
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