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The phrase "were adopted from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the origin of ideas, practices, or items that have been taken or incorporated from another source.
Example: "The design elements of the new website were adopted from successful models used by leading companies in the industry."
Alternatives: "were taken from" or "were derived from".
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Many were adopted from there, while others were sent to adoption shelters across the US with a little more room.
ICQ and Google Talk were adopted from the ground up.
Three of their five children were adopted from foreign countries.
Changes to Ca channels were adopted from Schaefer et al (2003).
Last year, about 16,000 children were adopted from overseas, 2,000 from South Korea.
They also have three older kids, who were adopted from countries harmed by U.S. policies.
GO groups were adopted from the Physcomitrella patens genome annotation version 1.6.
In England they were adopted from Italy in the 16th century.
Grimm's Fairy Tales comprises some 200 stories, most of which were adopted from oral sources.
Mr Riddering had four children - two of whom were adopted from Burkina Faso.
All measures of research variables were adopted from previous studies.
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