adoptee
noun
adopt·ee
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Definition of adoptee
: one who is adopted
Examples of adoptee in a Sentence
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Many of Ranum’s clients are adoptees who want to learn more about their birth family and fill in gaps in their health history. — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, "The DNA Detective: Aitkin woman helps people find unknown families," 31 Aug. 2019 Often, though, the relationship between adoptees and their birth parents is complicated by misunderstandings and recriminations. — Los Angeles Times, "One is Chinese. One is American. How a journalist discovered and reunited identical twins," 8 Aug. 2019 To this day, many adoptees—and their families—find learning the truth about their origins nearly impossible. — Brandon Yu, The Atlantic, "One Child Nation Paints a Harrowing Picture of an Infamous Policy," 13 Aug. 2019 Each member has a claim to fame: the first to help an adoptee find her biological mother, the first to identify a body, the first to find a killer’s full name. — Heather Murphy, New York Times, "Genealogy Sites Have Helped Identify Suspects. Now They’ve Helped Convict One.," 1 July 2019 This meant talking about his identities as a gay, Asian American adoptee. — Ben Kesslen, NBC News, "Comedian Joel Kim Booster is busier than ever. What comes next?," 20 June 2019 Another is that there is no original record of his birth, a common situation of adoptees and other poor people in Brazil. — Washington Post, "‘I’m an American’: Deported adoptee struggles in Brazil," 6 June 2019 Held annually at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California, the competition gathered 19 dogs — most of whom are rescues and adoptees — to duke it out for the dubious honor. — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, "A very good boy named Scamp the Tramp wins World's Ugliest Dog 2019," 24 June 2019 Zune had written about his search on Facebook, and other adoptees had started to contact him for advice. — Rachel Nolan, Harper's magazine, "Destined for Export," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adoptee.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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adoptee
noun
adopt·ee
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Legal Definition of adoptee
: a person who is adopted