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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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The adoption of automatic enrollment has gone a long way toward getting Americans to save more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

AstraZeneca’s Alexion unit plans to submit data to regulators soon, aiming for wider market adoption than its predecessor, Strensiq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

And market share is not the only headwind—there is no guarantee smart glasses will achieve mass adoption or navigate global regulations.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“Together, consumer adoption, enterprise deployment, developer usage and compute form a reinforcing flywheel that is translating capability into economic impact.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

From my parents’ awful plan to give up Sir Fig Newton for adoption, to my epic fail with the lemonade stand.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas