Thesaurus / adopting
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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to adopting, such as: accepting, applying, employing, practicing, proving, and testing.
How to use adopting in a sentence
Much has been lost by adopting equal temperament, but more has been gained.
THE RECENT REVOLUTION IN ORGAN BUILDINGGEORGE LAING MILLER"No, she don't or'ter," the Colonel thought, involuntarily adopting Jake's dialect; but what to do with her was the question.
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMESI decided, therefore, on adopting the less costly mode of conveyance by oxen.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFEREnglish bridge-builders are somewhat hampered in adopting rational limits of working stress by the rules of the Board of Trade.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSColonial wealth now can get into Parliament only by the favour of urban constituencies—that is, by adopting Free Trade principles.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 67, NUMBER 414, APRIL, 1850VARIOUSA number of the Germans on board were adopting the African style of hair-cut, and the effect was something depressing.
IN AFRICAJOHN T. MCCUTCHEONHe early developed a taste for higher mathematics, but circumstances decided him in adopting medicine as his profession.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSAnd it was not, nor indeed could it be, carried out except by adopting means which were unconstitutional and disastrous.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNTBut what I started to tell about is the persistence the guinea fowl show in adopting the stable as a home.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHURAdopting a desultory system of warfare, he obliged them to recross the Apure, having lost half their original numbers.
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION, NO. 366VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO ADOPTING
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