adopt

Example Sentences

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Only after decades as a physician and policymaker did I understand that my father and mother had unintentionally but eagerly adopted one of the most powerful health interventions ever discovered: human connection.

From The Wall Street Journal

Feted in the Kenyan press for his work, he married a local woman, Florence Buyela, and adopted two boys.

From BBC

This can give you a window into the lifestyle you’d be adopting.

From MarketWatch

The school takes advantage of all the free resources it can get, and adopted a rocking chair for a reading corner.

From BBC

So in my training period I adopted the same biases.

From Barron's