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adopt

[uh-dopt] / əˈdɒpt /


VERB
legally care for another's child
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Instead, the group recommends Yale adopt a leaner mission statement found in the Faculty Handbook: “Yale University’s mission is to create, disseminate, and preserve knowledge through research and teaching.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

From 15 June the tactic will be deemed a "malicious practice", meaning sites which continue to adopt it may be down-ranked or even removed from Google Search results.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Americans expect A.I. to cause job losses and have been slower to adopt it than their peers in most other countries, while also not trusting their own government to regulate it.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

Many more leave the faith than adopt it, at rates that far exceed other Christian denominations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

And every night he'd ask Mama if we could adopt it.

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson




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