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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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The company is benefiting from rising AI adoption as well as more clients turning to its platform to navigate a choppy trade environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Instead of being kept there, the child was sent to Denmark for adoption.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The investment case for holding bitcoin with the hope of broader sovereign adoption, or as an insurance policy against some extreme outcome, remains intact, Hackett said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

A 2024 report by the National Social Appeals Board showed that Denmark's state-run adoption agencies knew their South Korean partners sometimes changed children's identities.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

With the adoption of this philosophy, the West had no room for infinity or the infinite.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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