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The process of finding a permanent adoptive home has begun, according to the release.
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Encouraged by her adoptive mother and aunt to plead guilty, Taylor Cadle agreed and was put on conditional probation, the filing notes.
—Miami Herald, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
In Valentin's case, his love for Molina, and in Cassian's, his love for adoptive mother, Maarva (Fiona Shaw), girlfriend Bix (Adria Arjona), and the other rebels with whom he's aligned himself.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
The video, shared on Instagram by Kristin Sitova on July 17, shows the bird, Audrey, bobbing and swaying in rhythm with her adoptive owner, Sitova's husband, Misha Sitov.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Encouraged by her adoptive mother and aunt to plead guilty, Taylor Cadle agreed and was put on conditional probation, the filing notes.
—Miami Herald, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
In Valentin's case, his love for Molina, and in Cassian's, his love for adoptive mother, Maarva (Fiona Shaw), girlfriend Bix (Adria Arjona), and the other rebels with whom he's aligned himself.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
The video, shared on Instagram by Kristin Sitova on July 17, shows the bird, Audrey, bobbing and swaying in rhythm with her adoptive owner, Sitova's husband, Misha Sitov.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adoptive
adopted
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The Winnipeg Humane Society became home for Chelsey in 2016 for about seven months after her previous family abandoned her, the dog's adopted owner, Kiera, told Newsweek via email.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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His adopted brother, Ashtray, as played by Javon Walton, appeared to die in the same scene.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Adoptive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adoptive. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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