Answer: ADOPTION
ADOPTION is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 13 times.
Referring Clues:
- Alternative to pregnancy
 - Enactment, as of a law
 - Family court issue
 - One way to enlarge a family
 - Pet subject
 - Animal shelter transaction
 - Pet-shelter transaction
 - Animal shelter deal
 - Pet shelter deal
 - Animal shelter activity
 - Subject of the Nicole Chung memoir "All You Can Ever Know"
 - Animal shelter goal
 - Option for becoming a cat owner
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - February 13, 2025
 - LA Times - April 23, 2023
 - USA Today - December 19, 2019
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 17, 2017
 - Netword - April 24, 2017
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 16, 2014
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 18, 2014
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 29, 2014
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 07, 2013
 - Netword - October 18, 2012
 - New York Times - March 30, 2012
 - I Swear Crossword - December 16, 2011
 - Washington Post - May 24, 2011
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 16, 2010
 - New York Times - February 24, 1998
 
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