Madonna Ciccone

I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.

American Musician

Eric Dane

Going to the gym and looking for a specific result is a short-lived existence, as opposed to going to the gym and adopting it as a lifestyle. Develop a routine, because it's much harder to break it if you have one. If you have no routine, you have nothing to break, so discipline goes out the window.

American Actor

Jim Cramer

There are tons of people who are late to trends by nature and adopt a trend after it's no longer in fashion. They exist in mutual funds. They exist in clothes. They exist in cars. They exist in lifestyles.

American Businessman

Jamshyd Godrej

The government is a very large constructor. They have schools, colleges, hospitals and courts, offices. We are trying to influence the public works department to adopt green buildings.

Indian Businessman

Wayne Dyer

Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.

American Psychologist

Jillian Michaels

I felt the calling to adopt. You just know in the deepest part of your being that you are meant to find this little soul and guide them through life.

American Athlete

Zendaya

Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.

American Actress

Eartha Kitt

I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.

James Patterson

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

American Author

Farah Khan

Adopting a pet is like taking the responsibility of a baby.

Indian Director

Adopting a child is a loving commitment. It may involve legal steps and carries an emotional significance.

Emotional Process

Adoption creates new family ties. It's recognized socially and legally, even without a biological connection.

Extended Family

Adopting something new, like a method, means starting to use it regularly in place of or alongside existing ones.

Change Implementation

When someone adopts a system, it indicates a progressive change or an update to something more current or efficient.

Often Progressive

Choosing to adopt a policy reflects a deliberate decision and commitment to a specific way of doing something.

Policy Choice

Adopting a strategy is a carefully considered act aiming for long-term benefits or goals.

Strategic Direction

When a group adopts a proposal, it means there's a consensus or majority agreement on that matter.

Collective Agreement

The act of adopting a resolution or proposal in a formal setting like a board meeting is often recorded in official minutes.

Formal Decision

Adopting an attitude or stance implies a conscious choice to change or present oneself in a particular way.

Behavioral Shift

One can adopt a position temporarily, suggesting flexibility or adaptability based on the situation.

Adaptable Position

 Well, I think that society tends to adopt technology really quickly. I love the next coolest gadget. But it's very important, and these researchers are showing, that the developers of these things need to take security into account from the very beginning, and need to realize that they may have a threat model,

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 In fact, it's an extremely important aspect of elephant life. It builds lifelong bonds and helps the herd to thrive. Mothers have even been found to adopt orphaned babies, letting them suckle and protecting them after their mothers have died. Some herds have adopted outsiders too, like a human family might do.

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 Instead of trying to shield the human body, or rapidly repair damage, we could potentially engineer humans to adopt and express these fungal, melanin-based energy-harvesting systems. They'd then convert radiation into useful energy while protecting our DNA. This sounds pretty sci-fi,

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 Both are so much better. And I think if they were adopted, I would see them around the city. In my crusade to make flags of the world more beautiful, many listeners have taken it upon themselves to redesign their flags and look into the feasibility of getting them officially adopted.

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 early hominins first transitioned out of trees and adopted a more active lifestyle. Keeping cool became increasingly important. Eventually, they developed more sweat glands, which helped them lose heat by evaporating moisture through the skin.

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 these can often be understood the first time you hear them. And sometimes a new word isn't new at all. Obsolete words gain new life by adopting new meanings. Villain originally meant a peasant farmer, but in a twist of aristocratic snobbery

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 so she put me in orphanage so I could have a better life I was born China and I was brought here if it wasn't for my mom and dad I bet out filming the orphan orphanage over one-quarter of all the babies adopted from abroad into this

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 humanity doesn't have the benefit of four stomachs like a cow so you've had to adopt technology to enable us to thrive biting fast-growing species of grass so alongside food fire is another foundation of society we use fire to

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 their young are adopted by ants the caterpillar mimics the sound and smell of the ants own young and mistaken for a mislaid ant lava is taken back to the nest by the foraging ant workers

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 But it's only for a moment. A large crowd has gathered, all trying to adopt the chick. She's soon overwhelmed by doting admirers.

Adopt

To take and raise a child that is not your own biologically.