Adopted
Both words in one sentence
- Rebeca and José Arcadio marry, but Rebeca is adopted and a child of distant relatives.
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When she is first introduced, she's shown to have grown distant from her parents, and is also unaware that she is adopted, being a changeling.
Source: Series / The Haunting Hour -
In Come Back, Lucy by Pamela Sykes, Lucy is a lonely 10-year-old orphan girl adopted by distant relations.
Source: Innocent Inaccurate
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Distant and Adopted. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adopted/distant
Adopted & Distant. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/adopted/distant>.
Distant or Adopted. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/adopted/distant.
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