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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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In March, it said it generates $2 billion in monthly revenue, noting that it has been able to increase the pace of ad sales inside ChatGPT and grow the adoption of its Codex agent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The Church of England said in January it was planning to apologise for its role in the forced adoption scandal.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Jan, now 73, remembers vividly the day she had to give up her baby for adoption and spent years trying to find out what happened to him.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The two presidents—Jefferson defeated Adams in 1800—and drafters of the Declaration of Independence died on the same day, 50 years after that document’s adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

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

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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