Answer: ADOPTS
ADOPTS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 42 times.
Referring Clues:
- Decides to use
 - Embraces
 - Takes on
 - Takes in
 - Takes as one's own
 - Goes abroad for a baby, perhaps
 - Becomes a parent not by childbirth
 - Espouses
 - Votes to accept
 - Ratifies
 - Embraces, as a philosophy
 - Accepts, as a resolution
 - Passes, as a bill
 - Makes one's own
 - Takes into one's family
 - Embraces as one's own
 - Becomes a parent
 - Takes in or takes on
 - Takes home from the pound
 - Gets pets, maybe
 - Rescues from the pound, say
 - Becomes parents, in a way
 - Accepts formally, as a resolution
 - Takes an orphan
 - Enlarges a family, in a way
 - Starts using
 - Becomes a parent, in a way
 - Rescues a foundling, say
 - Takes up
 - Adds to the family
 - Decides to start using
 - Votes to enact
 - Takes on or in
 - Takes home from a shelter, say
 - Rescues from a shelter
 - Expands the family, perhaps
 - Brings into the family
 - Takes in, as a rescue dog
 - Brings home a new pet
 - Assumes
 - Takes in a rescue pet
 - Starts using, as an accent
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 15, 2025
 - LA Times - August 17, 2025
 - USA Today - July 29, 2025
 - LA Times - December 13, 2024
 - New York Times - December 06, 2024
 - USA Today - September 06, 2024
 - USA Today - October 21, 2021
 - USA Today - June 24, 2021
 - Netword - May 31, 2021
 - USA Today - March 19, 2021
 - LA Times - March 17, 2021
 - USA Today - February 15, 2021
 - LA Times - November 14, 2020
 - USA Today - August 27, 2020
 - Netword - July 26, 2020
 - USA Today - May 12, 2020
 - LA Times - April 16, 2020
 - Netword - October 06, 2019
 - Netword - March 01, 2019
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 24, 2018
 
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