adopt
verb (used with object)
to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent.
had adopted
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past perfectof adopt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Fairfax County in northern Virginia had adopted a somewhat similar policy for the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Copernicus said it had adopted a new index, which accounts for the warming of tropical oceans, that suggested the current event is not yet stronger than past ones.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Back in the castle, Rob Beckett had adopted a new policy.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Omani co-pilot who attacked his captain had previously been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he had adopted radical ideological views, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Meriwether Prep had adopted him as a community service project so all the students could feel good about themselves.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
