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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Glasswing “establishes cybersecurity vendors as essential enablers of agentic AI adoption, with Anthropic implicitly acknowledging it cannot secure the full stack alone,” Oppenheimer analysts wrote in a research note Wednesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

"It's still in its very early adoption phase, so there is interest and experimentation from schools, and that's rising rapidly," Kyriacou said.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

OpenAI is also in talks to form a rival joint venture with private-equity firms that spreads adoption of its own AI tools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

California enacted major PBM reform last year with the adoption of Senate Bill 41, which went into effect Jan. 1.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“We could run an adoption fair at Liberty Park,” Windy says.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty