adopted child
Example Sentences
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Every cuckoo is an adopted child -- raised by foster parents, into whose nest the cuckoo mother smuggled her egg.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
She said she was worried that under certain circumstances, the website could allow people to find out the new surname of an adopted child and track them down.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023
After arresting her in January, F.B.I. agents questioned her about her adopted child.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022
“I mean, he has lived out a value of inclusion in his life, in his family. He has an adopted child from Jamaica. I just don’t think that people really have fully investigated the man.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2022
“I know more of the history of Miss Havisham’s adopted child than Miss Havisham herself does, sir. I know her mother.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
