adopted
Example Sentences
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Graham was close with his sister, who he legally adopted after their parents died while they were young.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Graham, then 22, formally adopted and largely raised his 13-year-old sister.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
He did so because Congress had adopted birthright citizenship in a 1952 law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Painters also adopted European conventions emphasizing divine rule in imperial portraits, as in a posthumous one of Akbar with a halo and winged cherubs above him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
He’d lived his whole life in the same house— well, his whole life since he’d been adopted.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
