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adopt

[uh-dopt] / əˈdɒpt /


VERB
legally care for another's child
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The group tried to push the state legislature to adopt bills aimed at stopping steep rent increases and protecting tenants’ rights to organize.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

In 1968, he appeared in Alan Bennett's first West End play Forty Years On and was forced to adopt his mother's maiden name, as union rules prevented two actors from having the same name.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

A two-year budget would enhance planning for infrastructure improvements under another new requirement that the city adopt a Capital Infrastructure Plan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

They were first brutally forced to adopt Christianity and abandon their shamanism, before assimilation efforts intensified in the 19th and 20th centuries as the far north's economic importance grew.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Nate and his dad decided to adopt him.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Another key element of the measure is establishing a two-year budget cycle for the city, which currently adopts its budget annually.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

It adopts a helpful no-punishment philosophy: If you don’t meet your goals or you step away from the app for an extended amount of time, it only sends encouragement.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Pressure and temperature alone may not determine which structure the material adopts.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Cardiff University said it was sorry that "any student felt unsafe" on campus and that it adopts a "zero-tolerance approach to harassment and discrimination of all kinds".

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Naturally, I don’t subscribe to the obvious fallacy that every society promptly adopts every innovation that would be useful for it.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Councilmember Monica Rodriguez said that as the license plate reader technology is adopted by other, non-police agencies such as sanitation and street services, the city needs a universal policy governing its use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Their pottery expertise and their connection to Mississippian traditions may also have helped the newcomers establish a valuable role in their adopted community.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

However, children's charity Coram - which, like CoramBAAF, is part of a wider network of specialist children's organisations - warns that if infants in care are not adopted, they would likely remain in care.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The United Nations' 47-country rights body adopted the resolution without a vote.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

This movement fueled the Common Core Standards Initiative, which produced the Common Core Standards that most states have adopted as of 2014.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“Extreme Makeover” had also been airing since 2002, showing ordinary men and women undergoing plastic surgery, receiving style makeovers and adopting fitness routines.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

I think there are the high-performers that are already adopting the technology, and they will accelerate even further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

With tech leaders adopting the term, the US "may well be able to set the nomenclature," Paterson said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

This spring, county officials proposed adopting an abbreviated form of the review.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Those details of typewriter, clock, and calendar design have not affected the competitive success of the societies adopting them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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