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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Executives “caveated that adoption of full AI portfolios will take time, likely causing a temporary breather,” she wrote.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The experiment offers one of the first large-scale looks at the effect that coordinated AI adoption can have on students’ reasoning, retention and confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

That revenue growth was due to an increase in customers and AI adoption, according to Zoom.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

One piece of family history which Dowden was aware of, but did not fully understand, concerned her great-grandfather's decision to put his youngest child, Frank - her grandfather - up for informal adoption.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The instant we get back to Georgia I am filing for an adoption.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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