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  • past tense form of adopt.
  • past participle of adopt.
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adopted





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That name felt like the perfect branding, and the Leights adopted it for their company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

States members adopted the Common Strategic Policy, external which lays out the Council of Ministers' priorities for the political term until 2030.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan, often referred to as a “poison pill,” intended to fend off a hostile takeover.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Much of that progress can be traced to the Montreal Protocol, a global agreement adopted in 1987 to phase out substances responsible for damaging the ozone layer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

“I still need to know if she’s adopted, and if she got the same kind of letters we got, and if she knows what we all ‘survived,’ and .

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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