adopted

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The artist's career spanned seven decades, and he was known for using painting, printmaking, photography and latterly digital art to depict his native Yorkshire and his adopted home of California.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Also, what will happen with these accounts as children move in and out of the foster-care system, perhaps going back to live with their parents, moving to other foster homes or being adopted?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The infrastructure, operated by Switzerland-based SIX, aims to broaden access to private firms and can be adopted by other banks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Today, it’s been adopted as a quasi-anthem for the U.S. and the epitome of American progressivism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

As she walked, the young lady’s maid passed the site where the Declaration of Independence had been written and adopted twenty years earlier.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis