adopted

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The 14th Amendment was adopted after the Civil War in part to establish citizenship protections that could not easily be revoked by political shifts in power.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Church bells pealed and cannons thundered when Americans learned that the Continental Congress had adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

This requires evidence that supports a strong inference of intentional discrimination, rather than the effects-based framework adopted by Congress in 1982.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

In the Season 3 finale, the gunslinging warrior Din Djarin officially adopted his Force-sensitive charge, whose full name then became Din Grogu, and took him on as a proper Mandalorian apprentice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Ishtar had gone to great lengths to protect her adopted daughter.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda