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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Adoption of alternatives to diesel trucks in the world's second-largest economy has noticeably accelerated in recent years.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

James Bullard, a former St. Louis Fed president, put it more bluntly: Adoption won’t happen “as fast as Silicon Valley would like it. Those guys are hyping their IPOs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

National Adoption Service Cymru said adoption disruption in Wales has remained consistently low - at around 2% - for the last 10 years.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Adoption of Gemini, Google’s own LLM — which has surged with the release of the latest model — has become a signal of the company’s strong position in the AI race.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

Adoption, I know, is a noble and mostly happy practice.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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