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  • past tense form of adopt.
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adopted





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The technology, known as U-RHYTHM, was adopted and further developed by the spinout company Dynamic Therapeutics in 2023.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration has adopted these modern methods to approve new drugs for other slow-progressing diseases, including Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis and metabolic liver disease.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

“For the last two years, we’ve adopted deficit budgets,” said Newton, the erstwhile city manager.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

For now, the only concrete measure adopted by both Anthropic and OpenAI is the inclusion of independent observers who will internally verify the companies' work regarding AI safety.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

The poor little thing would have died on his own, so I cared for him, and adopted him as my son.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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