adopting
Example Sentences
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“I was fostering them, and I’m like, ‘I can’t let them go,’ so I ended up formally adopting them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Schools like Meadow Park, in Coventry, are adopting a range of approaches to improve pupils' reading skills, including weekly book club discussions led by tutors.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"We see the opportunity of joining the EU and adopting the euro as a very significant benefit to Icelandic companies and to the Icelandic general public," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The first overlooked ruler identified by Edmonds and Frahm used the name Tiglath-pileser, apparently adopting the name of an earlier Assyrian king.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The New Guinea highlands might as well have been the mountains of the moon, as far as Australians’ chances of observing and adopting New Guinea highland practices were concerned.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
