adopted

British  

/ əˈdɒptɪd /

adjective

1. having been adopted Compare adoptive

   an adopted child

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Example Sentences

After European and other regulators adopted U.S.‐style rules, those stock markets caught up with the U.S. in terms of breadth and depth.

From Barron's

“If it takes collective action…it does so at the price of censuring any minority who do not agree with the view adopted.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Under a “design to value” approach the company had adopted, those employees needed to find corresponding cost cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a sense, Kirk has adopted a strategy used by pianists like Nat King Cole; when Cole plays the melody, or the “head” as musicians call it, he often phrases orchestrally, in rich block chords.

From The Wall Street Journal

Only after decades as a physician and policymaker did I understand that my father and mother had unintentionally but eagerly adopted one of the most powerful health interventions ever discovered: human connection.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• accessible
• familiar
• prevalent
• public
• rampant
• ubiquitous
• universal