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to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
shortly after moving to the U.S., the family dutifully adopted the American tradition of having turkey for Thanksgiving
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Recent Examples of adopted
Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
Suddenly, Morris found himself in the middle of an old-fashioned, fight-the-power moment at his adopted college.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2026
Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Wilson was adopted by Candy and Steve Wilson, who went to church with Wilson's mother's parents and who had two other daughters, Testasecca said.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
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Adjective
The most devastating part of the final episode had to be the fatal gunfight between the police and Fezco's adopted brother, Ashtray (Javon Walton).
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
Suddenly, Morris found himself in the middle of an old-fashioned, fight-the-power moment at his adopted college.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
Though the organization has received an overwhelming amount of applications, the dogs are not officially adopted yet, Valerie Zucker, a spokesperson for the rescue, told USA TODAY in an email on May 15.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Wilson was adopted by Candy and Steve Wilson, who went to church with Wilson's mother's parents and who had two other daughters, Testasecca said.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adopted
Adjective
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Although Sunny herself cannot be released, researchers hope her future still includes helping other orphaned pups.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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That certainly has been the case with orphaned oil wells, which also were built with promises of safety.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2026
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A lot of the stuff that people think is new or innovative now is actually something that’s been borrowed or co-opted from something else that came before, or it was at least inspired by something that came before.—
Marah Eakin,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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Karpathy was one of several OpenAI employees Musk borrowed from OpenAI to do months of free work at Tesla, where the development of self-driving vehicles wasn’t going as quickly as promised.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Passed in the final days of session and signed into law by Lamont earlier this week, the bill was praised as a massive victory for the state’s labor community and has been strongly embraced by unions and workers advocacy groups.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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As a front man, Riley embraced the name—and, with it, a peacocking ambition to achieve mass visibility.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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“Adopted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adopted. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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