adopt
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How that attendance figure is judged depends on the narrative people choose to adopt.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 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
The Biden administration in 2023 encouraged states to adopt hospital global budgets through an initiative it called Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development, or Ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
People seem more likely to adopt its smart glasses made in collaboration with Ray-Ban because they’re called Meta, rather than Facebook, specs.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
She told me he’d been at the shelter for ten months because everyone always wants to adopt puppies instead of older dogs.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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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
Defying market expectations, Moody’s Ratings kept France’s credit rating unchanged at Aa3, assuming France successfully adopts a deficit-reducing budget for 2027, leaving the outlook negative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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
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
“But I can stay here with her if Ray adopts her, but not me, right?”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Dunkley took the nine-month-old to social services and he was later adopted.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
After Pearl Harbor, Capra jumped at the chance to defend his adopted country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Since coming out of retirement before this season, Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald adopted a humble approach, always allowing younger, less-accomplished players to go ahead of him during drills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
But it was clear at the time it was adopted that it did not empower “the justices of the court to supplement or supplant the Governor’s executive clemency authority.”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
The strategy that Jefferson and Madison adopted was elegantly effective and thoroughly imperialistic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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
Excess weight carries established health risks, and the findings do not demonstrate that adopting such diets would improve cancer treatment in humans.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Other High Street chains are adopting a more authentic approach, offering in-house repairs and workshops.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 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 was adopting the role that it plays for us, in the twenty-first century: it was becoming the soundtrack to the affairs of our hearts.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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