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adopt

[uh-dopt] / əˈdɒpt /


VERB
legally care for another's child
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The woman’s son adopted the pit bull, named O’Gee, in 2020 from a city shelter, not knowing he had bitten a jogger in both arms, according to the woman’s lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times

"But at the same time, he was pleased that we might adopt a more concerned, slightly more anxious reading of these images."

From Barron's

But owing to the peculiarities of AI’s large language models, SEO practitioners have had to adopt new strategies.

From The Wall Street Journal

From this point onward the competition adopts a knockout format, with each fixture other than the final contested over two legs.

From BBC

Metro Surge, it seemed, had done little to dim her enthusiasm for her adopted country.

From The Wall Street Journal