adopt

Example Sentences

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As we age, we tend to adopt a more conservative investment philosophy.

From MarketWatch

Then the FCC may vote to adopt the proposed rules.

From The Wall Street Journal

Apart from chopping four hours off the working week, he extended free healthcare and introduced civil unions, laying the ground for a gay marriage bill that was adopted over a decade later, despite mass protests.

From Barron's

The Commission last month adopted a set of rules on what does and doesn’t qualify under its framework for carbon removal.

From The Wall Street Journal

An L.A. city councilman, at his wit’s end, joked that the city could end the smog problem by adopting a resolution “creating an eight-mile-an-hour wind” to blow it all away.

From Los Angeles Times