Examples of adoptee in a Sentence
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Hers was, in some ways, the opposite journey of adoptees such as Steve, who wanted so badly to know his biological family.
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024
Ryan herself is the parent of an adoptee, Daisy, 19.
—EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
Jen Kim, a Korean American adoptee, is a production coordinator and manager in the film industry.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
Reporter Char Adams dives into the ethics of transracial adoption and talks to both white adoptive parents and Black adoptees about their experiences.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
South Korea has the world’s largest diaspora of intercountry adoptees, with more foreign adoptions overall than any other nation.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
Can Isiah’s views on racial justice, colored by his perspective as an adoptee raised by a white family, survive the rise of Black Lives Matter?
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Under adoption laws, an adoptee legally becomes a permanent member of the applicant's family.
—CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
The case involved a challenge to a 1978 law, known as the Indian Child Welfare Act, aimed at keeping Native American adoptees within tribes.
—Zach Levitt, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2024
Ryan herself is the parent of an adoptee, Daisy, 19.
—EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
Jen Kim, a Korean American adoptee, is a production coordinator and manager in the film industry.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
Reporter Char Adams dives into the ethics of transracial adoption and talks to both white adoptive parents and Black adoptees about their experiences.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
South Korea has the world’s largest diaspora of intercountry adoptees, with more foreign adoptions overall than any other nation.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
Can Isiah’s views on racial justice, colored by his perspective as an adoptee raised by a white family, survive the rise of Black Lives Matter?
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
Under adoption laws, an adoptee legally becomes a permanent member of the applicant's family.
—CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
The case involved a challenge to a 1978 law, known as the Indian Child Welfare Act, aimed at keeping Native American adoptees within tribes.
—Zach Levitt, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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1804, in the meaning defined above
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adoptee
noun
adopt·ee
ə-ˌdäp-ˈtē 
: a person who is adopted
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