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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Notably, many of the earlier Neolithic Dutch samples from further north – such as the Swifterbant culture, well-known for maintaining a hunter-gatherer economy alongside some adoption of agriculture – carried close to 100% hunter-gatherer ancestry.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

While light on specifics, the Newsom order directs his administration to review “how worker voice is incorporated in adoption of emerging technologies” and “policies and practices that provide displaced workers with a safety net.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“Since our Series G in February, adoption has continued to grow across global enterprise customers, and our run-rate revenue crossed $47 billion earlier this month,” Anthropic said in the Thursday announcement.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Fueling this growth is a rapid surge in enterprise adoption of its Claude large language model.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

“It took JB a long time to figure out that Hodge had chosen this adoption conference to steal you all back,” she said.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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