adopting

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Board of Education was on the leading edge by adopting an on-campus student cellphone ban in June 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Treasury has avoided adopting that designation in its semiannual reviews of foreign currency practices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Customers “will not only be adopting software when they join Bill, they will be bringing on a team of expert agents that learn their financial back office and run it,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Fifteen families have viewed Wei's file but none has expressed an interest in adopting him.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

If we could identify the answers, then poor countries could concentrate on changing the things that keep them poor and on adopting the things that make other countries rich.

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