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adopt

[uh-dopt] / əˈdɒpt /


VERB
legally care for another's child
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“Clients are looking at how critical it is for them to adopt AI and where it can have an impact.”

From MarketWatch

Companies large and small have pushed their employees to adopt AI tools, and many are now asking in job interviews how prospective hires use the technology and whether they are willing to learn.

From The Wall Street Journal

They were abandoned by their mother shortly after birth, later adopted, and Joey was always a difficult child.

From The Wall Street Journal

He noted that in the more than 16 years since the finding was adopted, the evidence to support it has only increased, as have the effects from emissions.

From Los Angeles Times

When journalists adopt a prosecutorial posture, press secretaries respond in kind.

From The Wall Street Journal