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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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But in the enterprise, the adoption of AI is pushing forward, and it’s beginning to reshape the way companies look and operate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

SpaceX credited new cloud services agreements, wider adoption of its Grok chatbot and its acquisition of Cursor, an artificial intelligence coding startup.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Thill flagged barriers to adoption of agentic commerce, or the idea that bots could make purchases on behalf of users.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Kliatchko said the company, which is privately held, “has an opportunity to provide leadership to the entire financial industry in the development and adoption of this revolutionary technology.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

It annoyed him, because he knew those lines came straight out of the adoption books.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Diana Defries, who successfully campaigned for a state apology for forced adoptions, said greater access to records could help families understand what happened in the homes.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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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