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Meanings of adoptive family in English

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Usage of adoptive family in English
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His adoptive family in Chechnya had little idea where he had gone.
Reuters
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Mid-morning I'm sat with an adoptive family at their home in Nottingham.
The Guardian
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But his adoptive family wanted a share of the money.
The Guardian
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I found her hanging the laundry behind her adoptive family's shelter.-HelloSleeper, she said.
What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
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Then she began to reject her loving adoptive family.
The Irish Times
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Stunned, he resolved to make his adoptive family proud.
The Irish Times
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Kasia's daughter has been placed with an adoptive family.
The Guardian
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She's even repairing my relationship with my adoptive family.
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
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But he knew the girl and her adoptive family.
A killing night
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It provided me with non-identifying information and told the adoptive family that I had been in contact.
The Irish Times
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The sisters were removed from the home and are now living with another adoptive family outside Arkansas.
Reuters
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All these years I kept praying that he adapted, maybe even ended up with an adoptive family.
Ryan's place
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In one episode a 17-year-old boy, who was rejected by his adoptive family, murders his social worker.
The Guardian
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So you dumped them on me, then scuttled me off to an adoptive family while you ran?
The accidental demon slayer
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Fisher: We used to have fostering geared specifically towards preparing children for a move to their adoptive family.
The Guardian
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My adoptive family were wonderful, but I decided I wanted to know who my mother was, she said.
Independent.ie
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