adopt
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Gone are the days when the primary goal was getting workers and customers to adopt the AI features they built.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“This runs through a written employer plan. If your company doesn’t adopt one, there’s nothing to elect,” Chancey said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
All leagues and competitions in English professional football will adopt a new trial to try to eradicate it.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The former CEO of Slack, Dresser was tasked with growing sales among large businesses looking to adopt artificial-intelligence tools in their workforces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“They’ve wanted a baby forever and then Mirabelle appeared. Like a miracle. And they’ve been trying to adopt for so long. They’ll be such devoted parents.”
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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"The nervous system adopts a safety-first approach, compensating for age-related changes by favoring stability over performance," says Associate Professor Immink, Lead of the Active Lives Research Program within the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Pondering the American way of aging, Schiller initially adopts a posture of ignorance and naivete so extreme that it seems like a pose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
How do you feel about the rise of AI as a musician, especially considering your persona adopts that perception?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
While management expects average revenue per user to stabilize, he remains concerned about continued weakness in the subscriber base and adopts a more cautious stance until clearer signs of recovery emerge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
He adopts the “do nothing” method of therapy.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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They were quickly interpreted to be a variation of a rallying cry adopted by some people angry at the health-insurance industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A similar mentality seems to have been adopted by some Southampton fans, who were chanting "we'll spy when we want" in their Carabao Cup opener against Colchester on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It’s like if Fred Again, Skrillex, Frank Ocean, Mora and Bad Bunny adopted a child and raised him,” said Cabrera about their own music, which they began uploading to the streaming platform Soundcloud in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
A similar strategy has been adopted in neighboring Mississippi.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The report had included the line, “And so, that’s why it’s interesting that I’m adopted, because it makes me unique.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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More police forces are adopting A.I. facial scanners; the tech is being piloted in schools, buses, and stores as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Though businesses are increasingly adopting the technology, too few are covering potential risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But does Hogh's arrival suggest the club are adopting a quality-over-quantity approach?
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Job postings reveal studios are quietly adopting AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
He liked to talk like that, adopting a slight shift in his voice, as if he was a gangster in a movie and wearing a three-piece suit, not a windbreaker over a shirt and tie.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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