Adopted
Bought
Bought adjective - Made beforehand in large numbers.
Both words in one sentence
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All Cabbage Patch Kids are "born" in Babyland General Hosipital, a converted medical clinic located in Xavier Roberts' hometown of Cleveland, Georgianote located about 75 miles north of Atlanta, and were ostensibly "adopted" by new owners, not bought (they came with birth certificates).
Source: Franchise / Cabbage Patch Kids - The recap can be found here.Also, several viewers have noticed that the first act of Delta Knights ("mute" orphan slave is bought for an insultingly low sum, freed, and adopted by a "crippled" beggar who is a spy for a secret organization) is essentially Robert A.
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