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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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They see security needs surrounding the adoption of AI growing, adding to the opportunity for CrowdStrike to profit.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

Agent adoption also has been growing among businesses—helping drive the usage of tokens and compute that pushed Nvidia to yet another blowout quarter yesterday.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Eating healthily does not require the adoption of rigid diets that undermine the joy of eating and provoke their own anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Internal memos suggested that the firm knew opt-in tools tended to have low adoption rates, and yet it still launched safety features that were not switched on by default.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

There’s no adoption fee because this is not an adoption.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

One pointed out that the children's adoptions had been approved based on government officers' recommendations, and that the adoptive parents "are innocent parties that have done every step in accordance with the law".

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Hidayat joined a Facebook group for adoptions, and was approached by a woman claiming she could not have children.

From BBC Jul. 8, 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

Last month, the Church of England last month said sorry for its role in the forced adoptions.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 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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