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adjective

adopted

CEFR B2

acquired as your own by free choice

In a sentence

Six example sentences with adopted, each labelled with its topic.

  • He calls Lisbon his adopted city, having arrived for a short holiday nine years ago and never bought a return ticket.

    Travel

  • The bakery's adopted method comes from Naples, and the owner spent two summers there learning to fold the dough.

    Cooking

  • Her adopted palette of ochres and grays came from a year in Provence and never left the later canvases.

    Art

  • The adopted standard for charging cables ended a decade of drawers full of connectors that fit nothing.

    Technology

  • He calls Memphis his adopted home, having arrived on a one-year contract and stayed for eleven seasons.

    Basketball

  • The singer's adopted stage name came from a street sign, and even her mother uses it now.

    Music

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