Adopted
in sentence
1716 examples of Adopted in a sentence
BERKELEY – The party platform
adopted
at the Republican National Convention includes a number of remarkable planks.
In that heady environment, some countries went further and
adopted
(once again) a policy of pegging their currency to the dollar.
A person reared in utter isolation (or by animals, as the semi-legendary "feral children
" adopted
by wolves) can never attain full humanity.
Moreover, they have
adopted
a negative interest-rate policy – which amounts to charging a fee for bank reserves – to revitalize depressed demand.
Rational humans, Kant concludes, must recognize that they have a duty to abstain from a practice (lying) that, if
adopted
by everyone at once, would annul our most precious invention (language).
The policies of central planning, dirigisme , and import substitution, which many newly independent countries
adopted
in the 1950's and 1960's, could be labeled as the ideas of communists, Fabian socialists, and nationalists, not trained economists.
The policies of deregulation, privatization, and trade liberalization (the so-called Washington Consensus) that countries
adopted
in the 1980's, supposedly marked the victory of professional economists over populist politicians.
A demonstration program was
adopted
in the United States in 2002.
The current constitution was
adopted
in October 1971, and has 211 articles, 30 of which concern the presidency.
So a “casual” production style was adopted, similar to the design of worn and ripped jeans.
The legal and political challenges implied are no minor matter: marijuana remains an illicit substance under US federal law and international conventions that America has
adopted.
This is also the line
adopted
by Olmert.
But too often the debate about China’s economy has been dominated by naive proposals for supply-side reform – accompanied by criticism of the demand-side measures
adopted
after the 2008 global financial crisis.
But the peculiar way in which SDRs were
adopted
limited their usefulness.
The military dictatorship established by Park Chung-hee in 1962
adopted
an aggressive economic development policy, partly to contain North Korea.
If the allegations that Khobragade systematically underpaid her domestic worker are true, this shows how fully she has
adopted
the customs of the class to which she has risen.
Obama and his congressional allies enacted an $800 billion “stimulus” bill that was loaded with programs geared to key Democratic constituencies, such as environmentalists and public employees;
adopted
a sweeping and highly unpopular health-care reform (whose constitutionality will be determined by the Supreme Court this year); imposed vast new regulations on wide swaths of the economy; embraced an industrial policy that selects certain companies for special treatment; engaged in borrowing and spending at levels exceeded only in World War II; and centralized power in Washington, DC (and, within the federal government, in the executive branch and regulatory agencies).
His promises include partial privatization of social security and making his earlier tax cuts permanent, which, if adopted, will send the deficits soaring to record levels.
But it could if even prosperous people
adopted
a vegetarian diet, traveled little, and interacted virtually.
Similarly, Australia has shifted its focus toward the Indian Ocean, and Japan has
adopted
a western-facing foreign-policy approach.
Each set of researchers
adopted
a standardized approach and studied proposals as diverse as linking farmers to the international carbon market, improving rice production, setting up flood warning systems, creating paid paternity leave to get more women into the formal workforce, and teaching young children in their native language of Creole instead of French.
TRIPS, the intellectual property regime
adopted
in the last round of trade negotiations, deprived millions in the developing world of access to life-saving drugs.
But under the perverse policies that Europe has adopted, one debt restructuring has been followed by another.
Malaysia’s government has announced a plan to provide lightweight laptops to primary and secondary schools nationwide, and has
adopted
free Web-based email, calendar, and document processing for ten million students, teachers, and parents.
In 1988, the US Congress adopted, and President Ronald Reagan signed, legislation granting reparations to Japanese-Americans who had been placed in internment camps during WWII.
New systems are being
adopted
and serially abandoned as their deficiencies are discovered.
This break with the usual rigid categorization shows respect for all individuals, and if it becomes widely
adopted
in other countries, will save many people from the hassle of explaining to immigration officials a discrepancy between their appearance and their sex as recorded in their passport.
When the MDGs were
adopted
in 2000, the sense of urgency was powered by the moral conviction that extreme poverty had become an unacceptable anachronism in our globally connected world.
Their objections range from lower farm subsidies for the candidate countries to the new decision-making mechanism in the EU that was
adopted
at the Nice summit two years ago.
When the tussle between our government and the “Troika” (the European Commission, the European, Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund) came to a head, both Sapin and Gabriel
adopted
the worst and most aggressive elements of the creditors’ propaganda against our government.
Back
Next
Related words
Which
Countries
Their
Would
Approach
Policies
After
Years
Policy
Other
World
Government
International
Global
Measures
Should
There
Financial
Country
Since