How to Use adopt in a Sentence

adopt

verb
  • Did he adopt your point of view?
  • They decided to adopt a child.
  • We adopted some of the local customs.
  • He was adopted as an infant.
  • They were unable to have children of their own, so they decided to adopt.
  • The assembly adopted a new constitution.
  • He was born in England but he has adopted Canada as his home.
  • The resolution was unanimously adopted by the Senate.
  • The change wasn’t easy to adopt.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Teams need time to adopt new tools.
    — Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • All of the dogs can be adopted.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
  • All of the dogs can be adopted.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • No school is required to adopt this tool.
    — Dave Carlin, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Then the rest of his team adopted it.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • So far, restaurants have been slow to adopt them.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
  • His father, then, will have to adopt a new team.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • She has been adopted by my mother.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Rick and Mary Kay adopted them.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • Both of her children were adopted.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
  • If just one state adopts it, Moore said, it would be tested in court.
    — ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Within weeks, he was adopted again.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Every game asks you to adopt a value system along with its goals.
    — Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Two of her children were adopted from Haiti.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The board will vote on whether to adopt this option on June 13.
    — Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2023
  • White kids adopting street culture.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
  • His mindset is the part worth adopting for your whole household.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The state air board is poised to adopt new vehicle emission rules this week.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
  • My daughter brought a surprise & adopted this lil one for me.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • How to adopt Puppy Bowl dogs Yes.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This wasn’t the family’s first time adopting a dog from afar.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023

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