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adopt

[uh-dopt] / əˈdɒpt /


VERB
legally care for another's child
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And when they invest in other funds, the accounting rules let them simply adopt the net asset values, or NAVs, provided by other fund managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Huddled around a small makeshift memorial of votive candles and flowers, those gathered demanded that the Inglewood Police Department adopt body-worn cameras, as many police agencies countrywide have done.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Another throwback is that streamers are increasingly rolling back the years to adopt the weekly airing of an episode at a time, in order to reinvent the era of appointment television.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

And it also proved how eagerly people were willing to adopt open-source platforms.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

And every night he'd ask Mama if we could adopt it.

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson




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