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adopt

[uh-dopt] / əˈdɒpt /


VERB
legally care for another's child
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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

"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

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

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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