Synonyms for adopted
adopt·ed

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1. adopted, adoptiveadjective

   acquired as your own by free choice

   "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"

   Synonyms:
   adoptive

   Antonyms:
   native, connatural, inbred, inborn

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1. took over

   Submitted by anonymous on April 6, 2021  

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1. List of paraphrases for "adopted":

   approved, passed, taken, enacted, adoption, adopts, accepted, arrested, endorsed, approves, introduced, agreed, through, adopt, embraced, took, order, promulgated, adoptee, undertaken, carried, stopped, baselined, arrêté, voted, made, issued

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1. Alexander Hamilton:

   If the Constitution is adopted the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States of a Confederacy.

2. Joe Biden:

   Addressing migration is a hemispheric challenge, a commitment captured in the Los Angeles declaration adopted by the Summit of the Central America.

3. Peter Maurer:

   Since then, we have chosen to confront our past and to embrace transparency, the ICRC has also adopted a new policy on confidentiality, explicitly acknowledging that there is a path to condemnation of acts of inhumanity.

4. Panos Stefanou:

   If during that period they show us that they have adopted the wild behavior of a bear, then we are optimistic that they will make it.

5. Lex Rieffel:

   The policy of engagement that the Obama administration adopted was helpful, it did more good than harm as opposed to the sanctions policy. ( But) let's not attribute the changes in that country to U.S. policy.