Synonyms for adopted
adopt·ed

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1. adopted, adoptiveadjective

   acquired as your own by free choice

   "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"

   Synonyms:
   adoptive

   Antonyms:
   native, connatural, inbred, inborn

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1. took over

   Submitted by anonymous on April 6, 2021  

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1. List of paraphrases for "adopted":

   approved, passed, taken, enacted, adoption, adopts, accepted, arrested, endorsed, approves, introduced, agreed, through, adopt, embraced, took, order, promulgated, adoptee, undertaken, carried, stopped, baselined, arrêté, voted, made, issued

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1. Laura Murphy:

   I think there is some areas where the company adopts timelines like they've adopted a timeline for increasing diversity numbers that are very strong, and in other areas there's just too much deliberation and not enough action, we tried to lay out a game plan for the company, but really the ball's in their court now.

2. Daniel Tsang:

   They have modernized significantly in terms of upgrading their fleet but also by really doing the International Air Transport Authority operational safety audit, they [adopted] the industry's global safety standard. That got them removed from the EU ban.

3. Tai Woffinden:

   The Australians call me their adopted world champion and some of the Brits call me a British world champion, and some of the Brits also call me a stupid Australian idiot and say I should represent The Australians because I love The Australians more than I love England.

4. Defense Secretary:

   The general concept was discussed, not as a strategy we deliberately adopted, but rather as something we pointed out as a matter of fact, the thing is, it wasn't a ploy.

5. Luis Escobar:

   We just did it as a fun, interesting way to end the summer; it’s unreal how it’s resonated with people, if even one dog gets adopted out of this, that would be fantastic.