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WordBand 6.5–7.5Toofey picks
adoption
/əˈdɒpʃən/
noun
The legal process of taking another person's child into your own family.
- “Adoption gave the boy a stable home and a loving family.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))