was adopting
- past progressive of adopt.
Example Sentences
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Strategy announced in 2022 that it was adopting Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
A Central Command spokesperson declined to comment on how Iran was adopting lessons from the war in Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Tom Vilsack said the agency was adopting an “ecologically-driven” approach to older forests — an arena where logging interests have historically predominated.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
Meloni, who is due to meet fellow European leaders at a summit in Brussels this week, told the upper-house Senate her one-year-old government was adopting "credible" and "responsible" policies.
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2023
It was adopting the role that it plays for us, in the twenty-first century: it was becoming the soundtrack to the affairs of our hearts.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
