Sentence examples for adopt after from inspiring English sources

The phrase "adopt after" is not commonly used in written English and may lead to confusion.
It could be used in contexts where one is discussing the act of taking on or accepting something following a specific event or condition, but it is not a standard expression.
Example: "We will adopt after the new policy is approved."
Alternatives: "embrace following" or "take on after".

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She has seen adopters changing their mind about the kind of child they wanted to adopt after meeting others in the flesh.

This parallels the agreement that many partnerships adopt after a strong one-club opening.

10 P.M. (NBC) ER Dr. Banfield (Angela Bassett) and her husband (Courtney B. Vance) decide to adopt after she fails to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization.

The couple, Richard and Vickie Allen of Highland, Calif., lost custody of the boy, whom they are trying to adopt, after Mr. Allen was accused last week of molesting two family baby sitters.

It sounds like the kind of outlook, I think, that one would adopt after working with someone like Angelina Jolie, who used to be a bit of a bad girl herself.

The study, published in the current issue of the Journal of Arachnology, says that the spiders identify female Anopheles mosquitoes through their up-tilted abdomens — a resting posture they adopt after feeding on human blood.

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It was adopted after the consideration of race-neutral means.

The act was adopted after Congress passed landmark legislation in other civil rights areas.

It is the route the authorities are now adopting, after the wave of taxpayer bailouts in2008-09.

Verizon is the name the company adopted after its subsequent merger with G.T.E. in 2000.

Critics say it would violate the Nuremberg Code adopted after World War II.

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