Many individuals and families have changed their names or adopted an alias at some time in the past.

Is it simplistic to suggest that affluent individuals adopt individual villages like these and mentor them out of their misery?

Volunteers are needed for spring clean-up days; individuals or groups can adopt an area in the garden.

Private individuals soon adopted the practice of endowing professorships.

Some neighboring populations and individuals in East Africa have also adopted the languages.

If the cultures remain useful, individuals will adopt them anyway.

Schools and individuals worldwide can "adopt" a classroom by donating money or school supplies.

In societies where cultural exclusion is promoted, individuals often adopt marginalization strategies of acculturation.

When individuals in positions of authority adopt customs they are legitimized.

Some individuals from all these groups soon adopted The Jargon as a highly efficient and accessible form of communication.