adopted

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This position is adopted in order to protect the identities of people who operate undercover on behalf of the state, or who take risks to assist the security forces.

From BBC

A century ago, Henry Ford set an example that other major industrialists would follow, when he cut working hours for staff in his car factories and adopted a 40-hour, five-day week.

From BBC

Thirty states have adopted laws or regulations requiring that students complete a separate personal-finance course, which typically covers budgeting, saving, debt and investing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their case had been scuppered by the so-called "30 second rule", a false conclusion adopted by the court presuming that every person who was killed in the disaster had been unconscious within 30 seconds.

From BBC

Soon Yi was the adopted daughter of Allen's former partner Mia Farrow.

From BBC