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Meanings of adopter in английском

A person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child.

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Examples for "adoptive parent"
Examples for "adoptive parent"
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One adoptive parent has spoken of the support she received while going through the process.
BBC
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For every adoptive parent who knows the true heart-hunger.
War Of Honor
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In childhood, adoptive parents provided information about abuse and neglect before adoption.
Pubmed
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She poses the question of whether adoptive parents should assess one another.
The Irish Times
5
And so are their respective natural or adoptive parents, grandparents, and relatives.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Usage of adopter in английском
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Air New Zealand was an early adopter of the programme, she says.
Radio NZ
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Japan has built a reputation as an early adopter of new technologies.
Reuters
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Political statement... Gordon Brown was an early adopter of the purple tie.
The Guardian
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Like Florida, Michigan was an early adopter of divestment policies targeting Iran.
Reuters
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You own a Pebble, so you're clearly some degree of early adopter.
Wired
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He's not likely to be a technology early adopter, is he?'
The Long War
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The strategies they used revealed the short-sightedness of Netflix's early-adopter approach.
Wired
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Western Australia is a recent adopter of the Safe Schools program.
The Guardian
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The child, in this case, became the slave of its adopter.
Early European History
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As an early adopter, your refined tech taste is a source of pride.
Wired
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Is it weird for Uncle Sam to be an early adopter?
Wired
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But the hours-long setup process requires an early adopter's perseverance.
Wired
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It was also an early adopter of IBM computer technology.
100 Places You Will Never Visit
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You're an early adopter of Silicon Valley's radical chic, bearer of a little-known solution.
Wired
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The company was an early U.S. adopter of social-responsibility reporting.
Reuters
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Oracle is also seeking early-adopter SAP users for the platform.
Reuters
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United States of America
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