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adopt

[uh-dopt] / əˈdɒpt /


VERB
legally care for another's child
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Scientists can now reprogram certain mature cells to adopt entirely different identities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

On a company level, he thinks those chief executives who adopt and harness AI fastest will be the big winners.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

These included quotes by Fanon, a philosopher who wrote extensively about the ways in which colonized people adopt the mindsets of their oppressors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Other issues he wanted addressed include the full recognition of same-sex marriage, same-sex couples' rights to adopt children, and the restoration of the right of transgender people to change their names in official documents.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The fact that an enterprise makes progress does not necessarily mean I should adopt it: athletes run faster every year, but that is no reason why I should take up athletics.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

Pressure and temperature alone may not determine which structure the material adopts.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Cardiff University said it was sorry that "any student felt unsafe" on campus and that it adopts a "zero-tolerance approach to harassment and discrimination of all kinds".

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Pondering the American way of aging, Schiller initially adopts a posture of ignorance and naivete so extreme that it seems like a pose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Naturally, I don’t subscribe to the obvious fallacy that every society promptly adopts every innovation that would be useful for it.

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

The definition is supported by mainstream Jewish organisations and has been adopted by 47 countries, including the UK, as well as most British universities.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Hospitals have adopted software tools to optimize staffing, with nurses more regularly covering shifts on floors where they aren’t usually assigned, to meet patient ebbs and flows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

If fault-tolerant quantum computers become widely commercially adopted, that market could grow to $100 billion by 2040, they project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Former state Sen. Jim Brulte said the Senate Republican Caucus spent several days reading through DeMaio’s recommendations and ultimately adopted several.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

“I mean, if you’re busy, I can get the mail by myself. It’s just—you’re used to being adopted, and you laugh things off, but this is all new to me, you know?”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

One trial participant described the freedom of adopting a treatment that did not require medication or an assistive device:

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Under pressure from powerful critics, elite universities have begun to make changes such as adopting statements of institutional neutrality, capping grade inflation, promising to protect open inquiry and establishing civics centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He's also recently just published his fifth book which explores how adopting psychopathic traits can help people climb the corporate ladder.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Aware of the growing sense of alarm in Jules and the others, the mate reached out and took a few halting steps, adopting the bent shuffle he’d never thought he’d have to use again.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee


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