adopted

Example Sentences

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Chait adopted a conciliatory tone, addressing union leaders — who were not present.

From Los Angeles Times

She loved striped T-shirts and had a dozen of them—perhaps too many, she conceded, but she adopted a Marie Kondo tip on folding them in a way that took up less drawer space.

From The Wall Street Journal

We were going to see one of the many poor families in the neighborhood whom Mama had adopted.

From Literature

And then she started talking about Marlene again, the young elephant she had almost adopted by now.

From Literature

Although I was adopted, I now know my extended birth family, and none of them have cancer.

From BBC