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Raise the Future offers Family Support Services to help foster and adoptive families navigate the trauma that children have experienced, and that includes kinship families.
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Libby Smith, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Sandra Bullock, who played his adoptive mom Leigh Anne Tuoh, won an Oscar for her role.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Hal’s mother, Avril, is having an affair with Charles Tavis, who is either her half or adoptive brother, and has summarily replaced Hal’s father as headmaster of the academy.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Larry Ellison, who was raised in a Reform Jewish home by his adoptive Jewish parents, has long been a donor to pro-Israel and Jewish causes, including to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
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Libby Smith, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Sandra Bullock, who played his adoptive mom Leigh Anne Tuoh, won an Oscar for her role.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Hal’s mother, Avril, is having an affair with Charles Tavis, who is either her half or adoptive brother, and has summarily replaced Hal’s father as headmaster of the academy.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Larry Ellison, who was raised in a Reform Jewish home by his adoptive Jewish parents, has long been a donor to pro-Israel and Jewish causes, including to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adoptive
adopted
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The scene from my dream is commonplace not only in my adopted home, the United States, and other liberal democracies, but even, in a constrained fashion, in the neighboring Turkey and Pakistan.—
Arash Azizi,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Thus, when Craig finally meets his Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), this version is not just his nemesis but his adopted brother, as the series continues unraveling the man behind the spy.—
Sezin Devi Koehler,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Adoptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adoptive. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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