adopted

Example Sentences

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They were abandoned by their mother shortly after birth, later adopted, and Joey was always a difficult child.

From The Wall Street Journal

He noted that in the more than 16 years since the finding was adopted, the evidence to support it has only increased, as have the effects from emissions.

From Los Angeles Times

In the mid-1970s, the IOC then formally adopted what it calls Rule 50, prohibiting all forms of “political, religious or ethnic demonstrations.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Cort adopted his professional name early in his career, having fallen in love with the theater.

From Los Angeles Times

Ants even feed the beetles mouth-to-mouth, and the beetles munch on their adopted colony’s eggs and larvae.

From Los Angeles Times