adopted

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It cited research on algorithmic pricing that found when a station adopted this kind of software, prices rose by an average of 6 cents a gallon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

Alex Howell: In Kansas City, the World Cup has been adopted by pretty much all of the people I have spoken to and the local businesses.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

His blunder is captured in the false proposition that birthright citizenship “crossed the Atlantic with the colonists—and was adopted with little fanfare after the Revolution” as an outgrowth of the common law of England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of when the Declaration of Independence was adopted, marking the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

‘I came to England. I went by the name Mimi, and when I was adopted my surname changed, too,’ Bubbe says simply.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler