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to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
shortly after moving to the U.S., the family dutifully adopted the American tradition of having turkey for Thanksgiving
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Recent Examples of adopts
Through always-aggressive Ani, Baker adopts global hip-hop cynicism and lingo, shifting that exploitative culture into global debauchery.
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Armond White, National Review, 18 Oct. 2024
If the 8th Circuit adopts the states’ arguments, student loan forgiveness at the end of 20 or 25 years could be blocked for all of these programs.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Once Rona gets back to Orkney, a few minutes in, the film adopts the form of a memory piece, as Rona is haunted by her past and triggered to remember.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
However, when an entire industry collectively adopts practices that involve adding or increasing fees, the options for avoiding these costs become limited.
—Rob Almond, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Kelley’s 44-page opinion adopts the magistrate’s earlier finding that the Doelgers couldn’t show that there were significant facts in dispute that would warrant a trial.
—Tom Schoenberg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
The tech adopts a distinctive strategy to make robots effective and efficient at sorting a cluttered environment, such as finding a specific brand of mustard on a messy kitchen counter.
—Baba Tamim, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2024
Ensure that everyone in your leadership team maintains a consistent tone and adopts the same language to address the change with their team to spread positivity and alignment behind the change.
—Jane Sparrow, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Initially coined by the essayist Hu Wenhui, this term adopts the metaphor of a basketball game when one side has amassed so many points that the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
—Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Armond White, National Review, 18 Oct. 2024
If the 8th Circuit adopts the states’ arguments, student loan forgiveness at the end of 20 or 25 years could be blocked for all of these programs.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Once Rona gets back to Orkney, a few minutes in, the film adopts the form of a memory piece, as Rona is haunted by her past and triggered to remember.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
However, when an entire industry collectively adopts practices that involve adding or increasing fees, the options for avoiding these costs become limited.
—Rob Almond, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Kelley’s 44-page opinion adopts the magistrate’s earlier finding that the Doelgers couldn’t show that there were significant facts in dispute that would warrant a trial.
—Tom Schoenberg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
The tech adopts a distinctive strategy to make robots effective and efficient at sorting a cluttered environment, such as finding a specific brand of mustard on a messy kitchen counter.
—Baba Tamim, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2024
Ensure that everyone in your leadership team maintains a consistent tone and adopts the same language to address the change with their team to spread positivity and alignment behind the change.
—Jane Sparrow, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Initially coined by the essayist Hu Wenhui, this term adopts the metaphor of a basketball game when one side has amassed so many points that the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
—Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Adopts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adopts. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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