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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Corporate AI adoption has so far helped fuel Palantir’s blistering revenue growth as companies use large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Alphabet’s Google to manipulate information within Palantir’s data platform.

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

ASML’s more advanced high numerical aperture EUV systems face stitching and design constraints that are slowing adoption from customers, Scemama notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“But if at some point the value proposition from AI adoption fails to live up to its hype, demand for computing capacity will slow down.”

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Man ceased to be the measure of all else only with the adoption of the metric system in France in 1799.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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