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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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But in the enterprise, the adoption of AI is pushing forward, and it’s beginning to reshape the way companies look and operate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

With the exception of Meta Platforms—whose bullish signals on Muse adoption helped the stock rise 1% premarket—earnings releases were poorly received.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

SpaceX credited new cloud services agreements, wider adoption of its Grok chatbot and its acquisition of Cursor, an artificial intelligence coding startup.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Thill flagged barriers to adoption of agentic commerce, or the idea that bots could make purchases on behalf of users.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The rest of the day, I hid in my room, filling out the dog adoption application and researching bichon frises and how to care for shy dogs online.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

Investors have been preoccupied with Muse’s impressive adoptions stats.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Sister Anna Maria Doolan, safeguarding lead for the Sisters of Nazareth, said the order welcomed and supported the government's apology for forced adoptions.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In 2023, Nicola Sturgeon described Marion McMillan as "one of the most ardent campaigners" as she formally apologised for the role of the state in the forced adoptions.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Cat adoptions are climbing: More than 2.2 million cats were adopted from U.S. shelters in 2025, up 16% from a decade ago, according to Shelter Animals Count.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

“It still may not permit this adoption. In fact, even the more mod­erate Muslim nations are hesitant with adoptions because in many of those countries, Islamic law, Shari a, doesn’t recognize adoption.”

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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