State governments adopted the idea, and now they are quite common.

As in the Army, he showed a willingness to adopt new ideas.

Williams then decided to adopt and use the idea in Australia.

Three-quarters of a school's teaching staff must agree to adopt the idea.

He also adopted radical ideas about politics, economics and society.

This served as a template for other research medical schools who quickly adopted the idea.

Thus, countries adopted the idea and subsequently raised their early marine corps too.

But Americans are often slow to adopt new ideas that have originated elsewhere.

Even the most competent central banker can't protect us from adopting bad ideas.

The decision to either adopt or reject the idea is vitally important.