adopt
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Tokenized stock trading, once a niche option popular overseas, has been picking up steam in the U.S. as more traditional financial institutions adopt blockchain technology, the system that undergirds cryptocurrencies, in their internal plumbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
How that attendance figure is judged depends on the narrative people choose to adopt.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The report anticipates that tighter credit and liquidity next year will force decelerating AI capex, more credit events and the Federal Reserve being forced to adopt a more dovish approach.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Scalia said the federal voter registration law did not allow Arizona to adopt new and stricter rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 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
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If Congress adopts permanent daylight saving time year-round, Los Angeles would see its latest sunrise of the year at 8 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Last week, Barclays said it will cut around 5,000 roles, or 5% of its workforce, as it adopts artificial intelligence across the bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Cong has bewildered opponents at weigh-ins while wearing the face paint, and says she even adopts the Joker alias when using social media messaging back home in China.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Another key element of the measure is establishing a two-year budget cycle for the city, which currently adopts its budget annually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Society adopts the solution if it is compatible with the society’s values and other technologies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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That name felt like the perfect branding, and the Leights adopted it for their company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan, often referred to as a “poison pill,” intended to fend off a hostile takeover.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
The U.K. drugmaker’s new hepatitis B medicine, Hibsago, targets a large market but there is uncertainty about the speed at which it will be adopted, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Much of that progress can be traced to the Montreal Protocol, a global agreement adopted in 1987 to phase out substances responsible for damaging the ozone layer.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Elizebeth and her team took note and adopted the same terms.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Thinla from Laos has abandoned the short, sequinned dress she wore in the first video of her infectious reggaeton song Bae and is adopting Lao hill-tribe costume for her and her backing dancers.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Whether they tweak conventional wisdom or devise an entirely new way to pick stocks, the key is adopting a screening method that works — and then sticking with it.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
The next step is to determine whether adopting a Mediterranean-style diet actually increases these proteins and whether those changes lead to measurable improvements in cardiovascular health, brain function, or disease risk.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Berlin is "now adopting the approach of responding to crises, whether the pandemic or spikes in energy prices, with a massive increase in public spending", said Joerg Kraemer, chief economist at Commerzbank.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
It concluded by saying that the Mosses were in the process of adopting a ninth child.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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