adopted child

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Not only was the grown adopted child, Davonn Hodge, alive and well in Las Vegas, he was unaware of his direct connection to the classic record.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Adoption leave: Players and coaches will receive a minimum of eight weeks' paid absence if an adopted child is younger than two years old.

From BBC • May 31, 2024

Every cuckoo is an adopted child -- raised by foster parents, into whose nest the cuckoo mother smuggled her egg.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Chandrachud, retorted: “But, Mr. Solicitor, the adopted child of a lesbian couple or a gay couple does not necessarily have to be lesbian or gay.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

“I know more of the history of Miss Havisham’s adopted child than Miss Havisham herself does, sir. I know her mother.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens