ADOPTING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

adopting

verb

present participle of adopt

as in embracing

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 adopting The Oliver Wyman survey results build on findings from a Harvard University study showing that firms adopting generative AI have significantly reduced junior-level positions, while keeping senior employment largely stable. —

Victor Swezey, Fortune, 16 May 2026 First, consider adopting small gestures of gratitude. —

Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 15 May 2026 Her tenure saw Latvia fully in line with its hawkish Baltic neighbors, who have played an outsize role in adopting a more confrontational stance toward Russia. —

Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2026 On the trust question, Anthropic's own survey found that half of small business owners named data security as their single biggest hesitation about adopting AI . —

Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 This is why adopting a hair care routine for women over 50 is key, as the changes go far beyond gray hair. —

Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 14 May 2026 The court ruled that lawmakers had circumvented anti-gerrymandering standards passed by voters when adopting the prior map. —

David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026 Anyone interested in donating to, fostering or adopting the chihuahuas can visit SMART Flagler's website. —

Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 But Tom Peter, the mastermind behind the Lismore, Australia five-piece, is restless enough to have churned out three full-length records in just over a year, generally adopting the stance that demos and final takes are one in the same. —

Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026

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Across Florida and throughout the country, behavioral-health providers are increasingly embracing approaches that focus on the whole person and the whole family.

— Maria Bledsoe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2026
Hirokazu Koreeda brings his customary warmth and generosity of spirit to the seemingly cold presence of GenAI in our lives in Sheep in the Box (Hako no naka no hitsuji), in which grieving parents hope to ease their pain by embracing a humanoid built in their dead son’s image.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026