adopt a custom
Frequency: 6.03.5 per million words
to start to use or follow a new custom
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- Immigrant communities often adopt new customs while preserving their own.
- The tribe adopted the custom of gift-giving from their new neighbors.
- Our family will adopt the custom of celebrating the winter solstice this year.
- Adopting the local custom of removing shoes before entering a home shows respect.
- To better integrate, he decided to adopt several local customs.
- When traveling, you should be open to adopting some local customs.
- The company decided to adopt the custom of 'casual Fridays' to boost morale.
- Many cultures have adopted the custom of exchanging gifts during holidays.
- The custom of afternoon tea was eventually adopted by many other social classes.
- Although hesitant, the younger generation eventually adopted the ancient custom their elders revived.