adopted

/ əˈdɒptɪd /

adjective

1. having been adopted Compare adoptive

   an adopted child

Example Sentences

The spokesperson said that for "a long time", the US had "overstretched the concept of national security, abused export control measures" and "adopted discriminatory practices against China".

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In recent years, the department has also adopted new restrictions to limit high-speed pursuits, including by increasingly relying on its helicopters to track fleeing drivers.

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Tristan Casson-Rennie, a father of two adopted children with the condition, agrees that more needs to be done.

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She never married and had two adopted children - a daughter, Dexter, and a son, Duke.

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“Going forward, the court expects all parties to have an ‘all-hands’ mentality,” the judge wrote in a tentative ruling earlier this week, which he adopted Friday morning.

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Related Words

• accessible 
• familiar 
• prevalent 
• public 
• rampant 
• ubiquitous 
• universal