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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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Customers filed lawsuits claiming Bacelar was buying dogs on the cheap from breeders, then misrepresenting them as rescues and charging high adoption fees, The Times reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The strategy has led to Claude seeing "the fastest enterprise adoption of any technology in history", the company claimed.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

While its EVs have taken off in several markets, adoption has been slower in the U.S., leading the company to cancel or delay several battery-powered models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

With the exception of Meta Platforms—whose bullish signals on Muse adoption helped the stock rise 1% premarket—earnings releases were poorly received.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

She had a birth mother who wasn’t sure whether she wanted to keep her baby or put her up for adoption, and she needed a week or so to make the decision.

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

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

Indonesia also has strict rules and processes for transnational adoptions, which the defendants are alleged to have bypassed.

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

She told me she had called a few adoption agencies that arranged international adoptions.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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