How to Use adoptive in a Sentence

adoptive

adjective
Definition of adoptivenext
Synonyms for adoptivenext
  • The adoptive parents of the third Adams child who has filed suit declined to speak to the AP about the case.
    — Michael Rezendes, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Beth’s adoptive mother brought enough heart to warm the whole thing up.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2021
  • In Athens more than 6,000 miles from his adoptive city of Houston, Rick Lowe is at home.
    — Adam Bradley, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • Hunter found out about the program in her foster care and adoptive group.
    — Alana Minkler, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2020
  • Tressie King and her husband, Jamel, along with their adoptive son.
    — Hannah Rappleye, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Allen and Maria’s son, Earnest Young, moved to Virginia after the death of his adoptive parents and lived to the ripe old age of 83.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
  • So-young on board with the plan to hit the road and meet with potential adoptive parents.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022
  • Vallow was the adoptive father of one of the children and the stepfather of the other.
    — Chloe Jones, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Carter last year filed a lawsuit against the boys' adoptive parents.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2020
  • At the time, Major Haley went by the same first name as his adoptive father, Bill.
    — Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • One of her favorite shops in her adoptive city is Boutique de France.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The adoptive father was found not guilty by a jury in 2022, while the mother's charges were dismissed this year.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • His adoptive father died of a heart attack when Cruz was 5.
    — Gerard Albert Iii, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2022
  • One of the first missions forces Sam to carry his own adoptive mother’s corpse on his back.
    — Adrian Chen, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The new law also changes the applicable age of an adoptive child from 7 to 10.
    — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2021
  • But when one’s adoptive home thrives, even as the home country flounders, a kind of survivor’s guilt kicks in.
    — Aatish Taseer, Time, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Her [adoptive] father called her scar the Devil’s mark.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The photo shows one of the nannies who cared for her handing her to her new adoptive mother.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Many of my friends never knew that Beth was my adoptive daughter.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
  • Mary Sisk was Mason Sisk’s adoptive mother and was one of the five people he is accused of killing.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Now, four years later, Zach and his wife are her adoptive parents.
    — Adrienne Broaddus, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The core idea of these stories was that orphans were fated to end up with their adoptive parents.
    — Erika Hayasaki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Tabitha, Ginger and Elizabeth are the three adoptive mothers at the heart of this story.
    — Denise Davidson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2022
  • McCluskey had helped her place her second child in an adoptive home.
    — Marin Cogan, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Besides, the group’s officials ask, what will these refugees do in their adoptive lands?
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The single man has two stepsons and an adoptive Ethiopian son.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Vierra-Lonkar is also the adoptive mother of 13-year-old Miles.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, azcentral, 11 June 2020
  • Cristina cried the entire long flight back home with her adoptive father.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Estranged from his adoptive mother and intrigued by new genetic testing, Hunter had set out to find his birth mother.
    — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
  • During one of the episodes, Natalia accused Kristine of abusing her and detailed instances of when her former adoptive mother would pepper spray her and hit her with a belt.
    — Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025

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