adopted

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This requires evidence that supports a strong inference of intentional discrimination, rather than the effects-based framework adopted by Congress in 1982.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

In the Season 3 finale, the gunslinging warrior Din Djarin officially adopted his Force-sensitive charge, whose full name then became Din Grogu, and took him on as a proper Mandalorian apprentice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Landry has largely adopted a conciliatory tone during his visit, according to Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard, a senior researcher in American foreign policy at the Danish Institute of International Studies.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Garcia, 70, left Cuba as a child and his film "Diamond" serves as a sort of "love letter" to his adopted hometown Los Angeles where he has lived for most of his life.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The motto which I adopted when I started from slavery was this—“Trust no man!”

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass