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  1. Adopting

    of Adopt

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of adopting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of adopting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of adopting in a Sentence

  1. Lauren Rothman:

    The rest of the world might be adopting more casual workwear.

  2. Herbert Hovenkamp:

    It means the court is entitled to look under the hood, the district judge got it wrong by adopting a categorical rule that because the banks were cooperating in setting Libor they could not be violating antitrust rules.

  3. Dr. Hans Selye:

    Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

  4. Cathy Sakimura:

    I have been my children's mother in every way for their whole lives, i thought that adopting them meant that we would be able to be together always. When the Alabama court said my adoption was invalid and I wasn't their mother, I didn't think I could go on. The Supreme Court has done what's right for my family.

  5. Paarup Michelsen:

    Norway has a schizophrenic relationship with climate and oil and gas, we are great at adopting ambitious emission targets, but at the same time we plan for oil and gas production for decades to come.

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