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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Revenue increased fourfold in the latest quarter, with Xanadu citing continued adoption of its popular software platform, PennyLane.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Paid customers rose 54% to 690,000 with “pro team conversion” rising 150%, “reflecting continued long-tail adoption of Figma’s AI features.”

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The rapid adoption of AI coding tools and AI agents brought with it a broad, ravenous appetite for computing resources, from central processing units made by Intel to memory chips made by Sandisk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

But widespread adoption requires clinical trials demonstrating that acting on a blood-test result actually extends lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

He had so many questions about where I’d been and what I’d gone through since the adoption.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day




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