adopting

Example Sentences

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New data show their Gen Alpha children are adopting the same defensive mindset.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Blank Street rebranded last year, losing the word 'coffee' from its title and adopting a green hue.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Decades after captivity that Smart said made her feel less than human, she’s adopting the almost superhuman form of a competitive bodybuilder.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"We are asking for your support in adopting several cost containment measures to help our company navigate this unstable situation," it said.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

In adopting the term ‘theory’ the scientists were thus freeing themselves from the philosophers’ preoccupation with truth in so far as it implied knowledge of causes and of what Aristotelian philosophers called substances, or forms.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton