adopt
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“It’s been really a challenging thing to adopt both socially, ethically and legally, but we are seeing more adoption of it than we’ve ever seen before,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Programs that encourage employees or customers to adopt greener habits do not appear to weaken support for broader climate action.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
But there’s another reason successors like Graham often adopt their male predecessors’ stances: political expedience.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
The administration announced levies of 10% for countries that have bans on forced labor and 12.5% on those that have failed to adopt such prohibitions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
For the most part, scholars in recent years have been reluctant to adopt the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’, and many have explicitly rejected it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
The article mentions antisemitism as one possible cause and quotes others who identify it directly, but PEN itself never adopts antisemitism as the central explanation for the pattern its reporting reveals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
This potentially traumatic subplot is the closest “Renoir” gets to traditional suspense, but even here Hayakawa adopts a muted approach, sidestepping shock value for bittersweet commentary about young people’s confusion around love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Despite that, the Scots' showings at the past two Euros and the brand of football Clarke adopts had some fans wanting a fresh change.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
In May, Congress adopts a gag rule designed to prohibit any discussion of petitions related to slavery.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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West Virginia adopted the nation’s first program to make those funds universally available in 2021 and today, 18 states are inviting any student to partake, regardless of family income or existing private school enrollment.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Because the creature had adopted such a quiet and stationary way of life, it no longer depended heavily on paired vision.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
In the last two weeks, about 50% of Hex’s customers have adopted Kimi, the model produced by China-based Moonshot into their workflow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Attention has now shifted to Brussels after the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution calling for an end to EU alumina exports to Russia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Farmer suspected the root cause of this growing problem stemmed from decades back—long before Peru adopted the model WHO program in 1991—when drug-resistant strains were spawned by inadequately financed and unsupervised treatment.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Boeing is adopting a more cautious approach, insisting that three conditions must be met before launching a new aircraft: finances, technology readiness and a mature market.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
When professionalism is subjective, adopting what might seem like outdated norms is probably the smarter move.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
There’s more households that are adopting GLP-1s in their lives and that creates different habits for consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Many of the attendees have been American fans - not just those with family links to other teams, but also people simply adopting another nation.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
“Buddy, you shouldn’t be adopting a stray dog. You should buy a purebred—something expensive. We’re millionaires. Don’t forget.”
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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