orphanage
noun
or·phan·age
ˈȯr-fə-nij 
ˈȯrf-nij
Examples of orphanage in a Sentence
After the death of his parents, he was raised in an orphanage.
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The son of a Japanese woman likely raped by an American GI, he is abandoned after World War II at an orphanage full of children with similar parentage.
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Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
Who is Natalia Grace? Natalia was born in Ukraine and placed in an orphanage after birth.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
The pair are criminally responsibility for taking hundreds of children from Ukrainian orphanages and homes to be put up for adoption in Russia, according to ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
English speakers also arrived as volunteers, flocking in their matching T-shirts to local hospitals and orphanages.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
Who is Natalia Grace? Natalia was born in Ukraine and placed in an orphanage after birth.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
The pair are criminally responsibility for taking hundreds of children from Ukrainian orphanages and homes to be put up for adoption in Russia, according to ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
English speakers also arrived as volunteers, flocking in their matching T-shirts to local hospitals and orphanages.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Orphanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orphanage. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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orphanage
noun
or·phan·age
ˈȯrf-(ə-)nij
: an institution for the care of orphans
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