adopting

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The governor has largely resisted adopting new across-the-board tax increases or sharply curtailing his expensive policy proposals in order to align state spending with revenue.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Former employees said Chinese rivals were adopting more punishing work schedules to help push products out more quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 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

Compared with the tens of millions of people in ancient China or Mesoamerica, that meant that Australia had far fewer potential inventors, and far fewer societies to experiment with adopting innovations.

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