Sentence examples for practically adopted from inspiring English sources

In the past decade or so, the Chargers have practically adopted "perennial underachiever" as its brand.

Hakeem is the same age Mrs. Jordan's son would be if he were alive, and she has practically adopted him.

The Carters have so much love to give that they've practically adopted the son's best friend, Eric George Newtonn), whose own home life is hellish.

A Little Lady Liberty One of the best things that happened to Khin Maung's family is that Annie Smith, a project manager for the rescue committee's youth program, practically adopted them.

Undaunted, Mr. Kahn, having been paid nearly a quarter of a million dollars, came up with another possible Qaeda cell: the Hayat family, which had taken him in and practically adopted him as a son.

The celebrated acting teacher Stella Adler, who within six years would found her Conservatory of Acting, recognized his genius and practically adopted him, encouraging him to focus his gifts.

These industries practically adopt DEA for a variety of reasons, as Golany and Roll (1989) pointed out that it can be applied to identify sources of inefficiency, rank the DMUs, evaluate management, evaluate the effectiveness of programs or policies, and create a quantitative basis for reallocating resources.

Don Soto later recollects how he and his family took the young man in and made him part of their family, practically adopting him while he was enrolled in Soto's wrestling school and later as he worked on the local wrestling circuit.

Hardly conciliatory, the metamorphosis of Greece's partners, practically adopting an untimely "take it or leave it" attitude, also led to the rejection of the Greek counter-proposal, which had reasonably suggested moderately lower targets than those demanded, but higher than what Greece had originally proposed.

Nadia, Nia, and their close family friend -- practically an adopted brother, 21-year-old Jeremy Davis -- travel the country trying to convince young people to get political.

By the end of his life, however, he had adopted practically the opposite approach: a steady, organic, artisanal approach to building, and a healthy respect for history and tradition, as exemplified by the famous Notre Dame du Haut Chapel at Ronchamp, probably his best-known building.