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
Dexter has borrowed Prater’s yacht to dump his body into the East River.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
In the trailer, Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust borrow a taxi and hit the highway, encountering cute girls and rock music on their journey to Los Angeles.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The India-meets-NYC brand borrows from Burmese women’s sacred and millennia-old beauty regimens, promising numerous skin benefits like brightening, smoothing, and deep-cleaning.
—Abby Dupes, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Stroll into town for dinner or borrow one of the hotel’s Retrospec bicycles and pedal along the coast.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 4 Sep. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
In the trailer, Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust borrow a taxi and hit the highway, encountering cute girls and rock music on their journey to Los Angeles.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The India-meets-NYC brand borrows from Burmese women’s sacred and millennia-old beauty regimens, promising numerous skin benefits like brightening, smoothing, and deep-cleaning.
—Abby Dupes, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Stroll into town for dinner or borrow one of the hotel’s Retrospec bicycles and pedal along the coast.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borrow
Verb
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Against this backdrop, daily life in Tel Aviv continues in bars, restaurants, self-help routines, segregation and physical exercise, avoiding common sense, adopting an allusive discourse and denying the development of a personal political conscience.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Under Harrison’s leadership since 2005, CPB has guided public media through digital transformations to help stations adopt new technologies and leverage multimedia platforms to ensure high-quality content reached audiences across television, radio and online.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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Mourinho, Solskjaer and Ten Hag all embraced the challenge, to varying degrees of success.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Democratic politicians aren’t exactly warmly embraced in these parts.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Borrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borrow. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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