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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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The biggest AI companies are racking up potential legal liabilities running into the tens—if not hundreds—of billions of dollars, as AI adoption spreads through the economy, according to insurers specializing in AI risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Testing these technologies in an operational port will show how they work as an integrated system and help reduce barriers to commercial adoption.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Yet while it boasts one of the highest adoption rates in the bloc, Ireland also shows some of the pitfalls of Europe's AI push.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

He had been expecting enterprise adoption of AI to drive demand for more hardware to support the technology, and to therefore lead to higher revenues.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

“The adoption agent says we’re ideal candidates. She thinks they’ll have a match for us within six months.”

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

The rest were classed as "unopposed", with many parents advised not to contest the adoptions, because they would be unlikely to succeed.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Investors have been preoccupied with Muse’s impressive adoptions stats.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The MSF declined to answer the BBC's questions on whether it did any checks on the babies who entered Singapore and how it usually conducts checks on the adoptions of foreign 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

“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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