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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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The programme also saw her delve into rumours of a family murder and learn why her grandfather was put up for adoption, despite having loving parents and siblings.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Notably, many of the earlier Neolithic Dutch samples from further north – such as the Swifterbant culture, well-known for maintaining a hunter-gatherer economy alongside some adoption of agriculture – carried close to 100% hunter-gatherer ancestry.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

So, in our mind, it is a very smart move by OpenAI, Anthropic and others to build and lock in that deployment capacity, ultimately to accelerate adoption and to drive token usage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“Since our Series G in February, adoption has continued to grow across global enterprise customers, and our run-rate revenue crossed $47 billion earlier this month,” Anthropic said in the Thursday announcement.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

We had been with our new family for two months when, one day, our adoption social worker called Mama with a problem.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince




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