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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Both companies have also replicated Palantir’s much-emulated practice of employing “forward-deployed engineers” who can embed within customers’ workforces to help drive adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Of the 250 dogs rescued, 87 were taken in by the RSPCA, which said the "vast majority" had been rehomed, while some were reserved and two dogs remained up for adoption.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The accelerating development and adoption of AI “is not a headwind for Brookfield. It is a very significant tailwind,” Teskey said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The average electric vehicle costs about $55,000, and the expiration of a $7,500 tax credit further hinders U.S. adoption compared to Europe and China.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

I knew that I had been adopted, although there had never been official proceedings to make the adoption legal.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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