adopt
Example Sentences
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Adopt and adapt, just like Americans have always done when new technologies were introduced.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026
"I would say on the whole the Roblox experience has been a very positive one with Adopt Me being a very kind and safe place for her to have fun with her friends," Kathryn said.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
Hence that popular plea to obtain pets from a rescue or shelter instead of a breeder or pet store: "Adopt, Don't Shop."
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024
Adopt the bug, put the bug with you, and we’ll take care of you and the bug.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2023
Adopt the amendment, and the effect is precisely the opposite.
From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)
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