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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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The lesson from Europe is clear, says Krarti: Stripping away the permits and cost barriers typical of solar installation has driven up adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

She met him during her visit, and discovered that the real circumstances about her separation from her biological family were very different from what her adoption papers said.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Other holdings of companies Stoeffel said were benefiting from AI adoption include several energy-related plays:

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“With any sort of new adoption, it takes time,” Monaco said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

There is a certain irony in Butterfield’s adoption of the retrospective term ‘Scientific Revolution’, and an even greater one in his choice of The Origins of Modern Science for his title.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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