as in to adopt
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
borrowed the basic plot from a book of tales, but put her personal stamp on the story
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Recent Examples of borrow
Many Americans are now turning to innovative platforms with less barriers to borrow money for necessities -- not just emergencies which is a positive trend as traditional options are more expensive.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Lower interest rates could encourage us to borrow more to pay for items made more expensive by tariffs, which could spark inflation again.
—Jim Sergent, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Rahim borrowed $800 from the Afghan community in New Haven, a collection of families who help one another through difficult times, to buy a rug and the flat cushions, or toshaka, to furnish one room of the apartment.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025
Treasury yields set the benchmark for borrowing costs across the economy, influencing everything from consumer mortgage rates to corporate bond pricing to financing the federal debt.
—Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Lower interest rates could encourage us to borrow more to pay for items made more expensive by tariffs, which could spark inflation again.
—Jim Sergent, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Rahim borrowed $800 from the Afghan community in New Haven, a collection of families who help one another through difficult times, to buy a rug and the flat cushions, or toshaka, to furnish one room of the apartment.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025
Treasury yields set the benchmark for borrowing costs across the economy, influencing everything from consumer mortgage rates to corporate bond pricing to financing the federal debt.
—Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Charvel said the budget problems for the ongoing fiscal year can also be blamed partly on the Trump administration, which has made economic moves that city officials say would have been hard to predict when the budget was adopted last summer.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Read the Tribune investigation Chicago Tribune 7 Comments Trade groups for chemical companies and water treatment agencies sued the EPA last year after the agency under Biden adopted the nation’s first limits on PFAS in drinking water.—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Ellie is closer than ever to finding Abby, closer than ever to avenging Joel’s death, closer than ever to embracing the dark turn her love for him has taken.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 May 2025
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Differentiating, the final pillar, is about embracing what makes humans unique.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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“Borrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borrow. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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