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Sorescu is Mottram’s adoptive daughter, FOX 13 first reported.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
While King recalls that life was never particularly difficult, her adoptive mother, who was in her 60s at the time, was unfamiliar with hairstyles that were popular.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
While Ray’s character spends much of Dope Thief quietly seething at his father, his relationship with the adoptive mother in his life, Theresa, played by Kate Mulgrew, propels the series forward.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the case has prompted growing public scrutiny around guardianship laws and the standards of oversight for adoptive families.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
While King recalls that life was never particularly difficult, her adoptive mother, who was in her 60s at the time, was unfamiliar with hairstyles that were popular.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
While Ray’s character spends much of Dope Thief quietly seething at his father, his relationship with the adoptive mother in his life, Theresa, played by Kate Mulgrew, propels the series forward.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the case has prompted growing public scrutiny around guardianship laws and the standards of oversight for adoptive families.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adoptive
adopted
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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
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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 21 May. 2025.
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