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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Revenue increased fourfold in the latest quarter, with Xanadu citing continued adoption of its popular software platform, Pennylane.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

But widespread adoption requires clinical trials demonstrating that acting on a blood-test result actually extends lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Paid customers grew 54% to 690,000, with “pro team conversion” up 150% due to AI feature adoption.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The rapid adoption of AI coding tools and AI agents brought with it a broad, ravenous appetite for computing resources, from central processing units made by Intel to memory chips made by Sandisk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

I wonder if once you see her, you’ll wish you hadn’t decided on adoption.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy




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