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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

He said growth was hit by "cyclical headwinds and the late adoption of the government budget" that cut public spending, including on renovation subsidies for low-income households.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Eliot, British only by adoption, the “pernicious effects” of whose work he encountered daily among his students at Yale.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Full custody to the state, with a recommendation that the adoption by the McCulloughs be expedited.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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