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adopt

[uh-dopt] / əˈdɒpt /


VERB
legally care for another's child
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While RAF policy requires all personnel to hold Module 1 training as a minimum, Coningsby is the first RAF station in the UK to adopt Module 2 as standard.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

According to the study, this changing political environment may have made it easier for the sect to abandon its previously rigid position and adopt the more practical calendar used at the Temple.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Michael Burry, Donald Trump and others are criticizing Anthropic’s CEO, who recently said AI companies need to adopt better safety measures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

OpenAI’s Altman said his company would adopt that suggestion, while SpaceX’s Musk expressed broader support.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

It was a simple matter to adopt the Greek gods because the Romans did not have definitely personified gods of their own.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

As Hong Kong adopts a new economic-governance framework, policy is likely to become more proactive, moving away from the city’s traditionally minimalist approach through increased public spending and countercyclical measures, Yeung said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

"The nervous system adopts a safety-first approach, compensating for age-related changes by favoring stability over performance," says Associate Professor Immink, Lead of the Active Lives Research Program within the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

The outfit partners with Kitten Rescue Los Angeles, a nonprofit that rescues and adopts out homeless cats and kittens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

He adopts the “do nothing” method of therapy.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

But whether it will be adopted widely is yet to be seen.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Global equity positioning continued to weaken as investors adopted a more defensive stance, the U.S. bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The adopted plan also spares, at least for now, changes to the Mesa Linda golf course at the city-owned Costa Mesa Country Club.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Before the nanoparticles could be widely adopted, researchers would need to develop a practical way to manufacture them in large quantities.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

“I still need to know if she’s adopted, and if she got the same kind of letters we got, and if she knows what we all ‘survived,’ and .

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Peru has joined the Shield of the Americas, a U.S.-led coalition of over a dozen countries adopting a hard-line playbook for taking on drug traffickers and armed groups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

“I was fostering them, and I’m like, ‘I can’t let them go,’ so I ended up formally adopting them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

As this happens, the cancer cells lose some of their glandular characteristics and begin adopting other cellular identities.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

"We see the opportunity of joining the EU and adopting the euro as a very significant benefit to Icelandic companies and to the Icelandic general public," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

They had no way of knowing that there were foster parents and adopting parents who were kind and loving and generous and forgiving.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech




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