ADOPTS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

adopts

verb

present tense third-person singular of adopt

as in borrows

to take for one's own use (something originated by another) shortly after moving to the U.S., the family dutifully adopted the American tradition of having turkey for Thanksgiving

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Recent Examples of adopts Ultimately, no matter what pledges a company or country adopts, actually making things change on the ground is what slows emissions. — Justin Worland, Time, 26 June 2026 One of the police officers, Harry Morgan, adopts Dexter and puts his brother into foster care. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026 The United States adopts paper money during the Civil War, which causes an inflation. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026 Since the electron’s motional states are quantized, the resonator adopts one or two states during the experimental procedure, which is the potential building block of a qubit. — ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026 As an organization adopts agentic workflows, this is becoming especially true. — Greg Pavlik, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The deal adopts a Medi-Cal asset test of $21,000 on July 1, 2027, instead of $2,000. — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026 The Sacramento County Office of Education is expected to review and approve the budget before the state adopts its final budget in July. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026 In 1986, Foxx returned to television to headline The Redd Foxx Show, playing Al Hughes, a NYC newsstand owner who adopts a teenage girl (Pamela Adlon), but the series only lasted 13 episodes. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026

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Villain’s follow-up to 2022’s Only Love From Now On, Memoria borrows its title from Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s 2021 film.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
In fact, the Elora borrows its bathroom design directly from Winnebago's Ekko all-terrain B+ motorhome lineup.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026

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