adopted

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It reasoned that because early voters had already cast ballots before the constitutional amendment was first adopted, the proposal was not approved before the election.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The number reached 410,000 last year after the procedures were streamlined by a new law adopted in July.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Citing concerns of such spiraling violence, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador adopted a “hugs, not bullets” approach to the cartels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

This map still has a ways to go in Louisiana’s Legislature, but if it is ultimately adopted, it would be the third set of congressional maps the state has had since the 2020 census.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

This argument involves denying that scientific claims are ever adopted because they fit the evidence better than the alternatives.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton