Verb (used with object) : to foster new ideas.    From Dictionary.com. 

All international liberalism has fostered is another form of the “white Raj.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Shocking] Reference

HOWE: Before I wrote this book I had never really grasped how often improvements in material terms fostered improvements in moral terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Review Online] Reference

Efforts at regional cooperation such as fostered by SADC -- the Southern Africa Development Community -- can be helpful in this regard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Lakes Remarks As Prepared For Delivery] Reference

"That kind of fostered a relationship and built it.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Anderson Independent Mail Stories] Reference

He goes on to add that he was "fostered" in France and cherished that land above the land of this birth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference

 Even when she was too old to be fostered, she stayed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Too Early, Too Late] Reference

This sort of thinking has fostered a mini publishing boom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snap, Crackle And Shop] Reference

Worse, triumphalism fostered massive future miscalculation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andrew Bacevich: The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War] Reference

Such investment has long fostered the sector's dynamism and growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to jump-start American manufacturing] Reference

"During that period these regimes fostered and worsened ethnic tensions.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Generation of Failure] Reference

Israel's drawn-out occupation in South Lebanon fostered Shiite suicide attacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lessons From Lebanon] Reference

Europe's new economic climate has largely fostered the trend toward independence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Singles] Reference

The friendships she fostered during her time at Newcastle proved just as important.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jo Shapcott: I'm not someone chasing her own ambulance] Reference

A plethora of bookstores and coffee shops has fostered an atmosphere of sophistication.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birth Of A New Taipei] Reference

Whatever, the change fostered a critical mass of opposition in Eastern Europe and Russia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Way The World Works] Reference

It was a blow to Udeen, who had fostered fond feelings for the Taliban previous to his capture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trapped In Prison] Reference

Stronger demand from producers has fostered a sellers 'market in some goods, the surveys showed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Euro-Zone PPI Rises Less Than Expected] Reference

A cultural aversion to giving blood has fostered a seller's market that all but guarantees disaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blood And Money] Reference

His work, like Bernardin's final days, argues that "" good deaths can be understood and fostered. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art Of Dying Well] Reference

In fact, the end of military rule has also fostered the airing of extreme religious and ethnic views.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Religious Killing Spree] Reference

Its signal towers and pathways fostered communication among China's ethnic groups, visitors are told.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Uses Of The Past] Reference

A "" dependency mentality '' was created and fostered by black and white liberals looking to buy power.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Challenge To Change] Reference

Their vision of justice is fostered by a Perry Mason sense that what happened will become glaringly clear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Equal Before The Law] Reference

Throughout the country, the news of war fostered a rare sense of community and a mood of somber reflection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prayers And Protest] Reference

Is it possible that the history of Latinos in this country has actually fostered more sustainable practices?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Targeted Message] Reference

In turn, such regulatory indulgence fostered the exploitation of smart new financial products and practices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dark Days For the City of London] Reference

Granted, Goldwater was running when confidence in government, fostered by World War II, was at a postwar high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up From Geniality] Reference

These emerging microbes have all been fostered by changes in the way we produce, distribute and consume our food.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Safe Is Our Food?] Reference

Several former cult members described how she fostered a visceral, overpowering fear of demonic intrusion into the cult.    From Wordnik.com.  [Priestess Of Death] Reference

A Memphis institution in the 1960s and 1970s, the label nurtured and fostered the original generation of soul musicians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raw Copy: A Week To Remember In Memphis] Reference

At her home in Wiltshire, she fostered a literary circle whose mission was to elevate English literature -- a strong motive.    From Wordnik.com.  [WAS THE BARD A WOMAN?] Reference

The pent-up frustrations of oppressed blacks-and the ANC's own rhetoric-have fostered inflated expectations of overnight gains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voted Into The History Books] Reference

This point of view echoes Bernanke's and Greenspan's view that the global debt crisis was fostered by a "savings glut" in China.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Baker: When Will the AA Batteries Run Out?] Reference

A Hong Kong magazine alleged that she had fostered an illegitimate child -- an article that outraged the singer, who denied the claims.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back In The Spotlight] Reference

From football clubs to windfarms, co-ops represent practical examples of participation and should be fostered by the coalition government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Co-operatives offer template for David Cameron's big society] Reference

The current financial squeeze on the health system has fostered adversarial posturing among those who receive and deliver health services.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mediation Before Malpractice Suits?] Reference