adopting
Example Sentences
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About 850 seabird-restoration projects are in operation worldwide today, according to Audubon’s Seabird Restoration Database, and a good number of them are succeeding by adopting techniques pioneered and refined in Maine’s success story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The first overlooked ruler identified by Edmonds and Frahm used the name Tiglath-pileser, apparently adopting the name of an earlier Assyrian king.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
"The challenges of adopting it are the same as adopting any change in Japanese firms. This is why AI use is still quite limited and cautious, especially in the workplace."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Against his better judgment, Hunnam says, a visit to give the kittens a “little cuddle” resulted in him adopting two of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
He liked to talk like that, adopting a slight shift in his voice, as if he was a gangster in a movie and wearing a three-piece suit, not a windbreaker over a shirt and tie.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
