adopt
Example Sentences
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After European and other regulators adopted U.S.‐style rules, those stock markets caught up with the U.S. in terms of breadth and depth.
From Barron's
“If it takes collective action…it does so at the price of censuring any minority who do not agree with the view adopted.”
Under a “design to value” approach the company had adopted, those employees needed to find corresponding cost cuts.
In a sense, Kirk has adopted a strategy used by pianists like Nat King Cole; when Cole plays the melody, or the “head” as musicians call it, he often phrases orchestrally, in rich block chords.
Cellphones in classrooms: Public schools are required to adopt a policy by July 1 to prohibit or limit the use of smartphones by students when they are on campus.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
