adopted

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The universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine was adopted precisely because screening and follow-up fail.

From MarketWatch

Smaller cities in Colorado adopted some of the largest increases in minimum worker pay this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker has adopted an approach that uses cameras alone and bets on using the massive amount of data it collects to refine its system.

From MarketWatch

Instead, they were adopted unilaterally on Monday by the acting director of the CDC, Jim O’Neill, an investor with no medical or public health degree.

From Barron's

The “talent is everywhere” mantra adopted by U.S. employers when the job market was white hot is giving way to a more traditional entry-level recruiting strategy: hire from a few select universities.

From The Wall Street Journal