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Example sentences for: orphans

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This government would enact welfare legislation to care for the widows and orphans of the war.
Continued effective treatment, care, and prevention programs will reduce the number of orphans and vulnerable children, reduce mother to child transmission of the virus, and improve the lives of families and the strength of communities.
That includes many illegitimate children, orphans, and abandoned children.
Behind the Begijnhof is the old Convent of St. Lucian, which became the city orphanage after the Alteration, although it was only open to well-to-do orphans; the poor had to fend for themselves.
Moreover, this may explain why most of these genes are orphans, as frequent nonhomologous recombination may preclude the recognition of homologs.