adoptive

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Recent Examples of adoptive But when his adoptive father was arrested and charged with kidnapping and falsification of official documents, Guillermo was furious. Julia M. Klein, The Atlantic, 11 July 2025 So far reviews have been positive for the film, which follows Clark Kent’s journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his adoptive human family in Smallville. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 July 2025 Funding Love Fest: A family-friendly fundraising event in support of Funding Love, an adoption nonprofit that supports adoptive families and birth moms post-adoption, with food trucks, games, prizes, carnival fare, DJ, and more. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2025 In the end, the wellbeing of a child in an adoptive household, no matter what the configuration of parents, matters most. Taylor Grothe, Parents, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for adoptive
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adopted
Adjective
  • The Amazon founder was previously married to Mackenzie Scott from 1993 to 2019, and the couple share three sons and an adopted daughter.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • His adopted daughter, Sandra Correia Lopes, 12, weighs just 12 kilograms, or 26 pounds, and falls sick frequently.
    Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025

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“Adoptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adoptive. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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