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  1. orphans

    An orphan (from the Greek: ορφανός, romanized: orphanós) is a child whose parents have died.In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant (i.e. if the female parent has gone, the offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition).

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Orphans in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Orphans in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Orphans in a Sentence

  1. Robert Gonzalez:

    The father can't work, until their next court date, they don't have permission to work so they must rely on people like me who are willing to help. It's worse for Venezuelan migrants because they're orphans in a sense. There's no Venezuelan embassy or consulates in United States they can run to if they need help or a copy of a document from back home.

  2. Dinabandhu Das:

    Even if the children live with their grandparents, they feel neglected and depressed. These are the new-age orphans.

  3. Said Thompson:

    It’s hard when you’re dealing with life or death. You’re trying to move [vulnerable orphans] and you can’t get the system to allow you to help.

  4. The President:

    Apparently they are scared of widows and orphans coming into the United States of America, at first, they were too scared of the press being too tough on them in the debates. Now they are scared of 3-year-old orphans. That doesn't seem so tough to me.

  5. Paula Garces:

    I just returned from Colombia doing work for the foundation, helping orphans [to] get job training and learning English, but if I go on a red carpet a reporter won’t ask about that, they want to know what I wore on my trip, if I’m still married and what did I do to lose my baby weight.

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