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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Financials and utilities ETFs offer growth from AI adoption and data center power demand.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The experiment offers one of the first large-scale looks at the effect that coordinated AI adoption can have on students’ reasoning, retention and confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

If organisations are quick to highlight AI adoption, says Dan Boyles, CEO of consultancy Hello AI Collective, they're not always clear on why they're adopting it and how they expect to benefit.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Following the past two earnings reports, investors were left disappointed by the level of Azure cloud acceleration as well as statistics around Copilot adoption.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Scared and depressed, the thirty-four-year-old hid her pregnancy and hoped to secretly put the child up for adoption.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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