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adoption

[uh-dop-shuhn] / əˈdɒp ʃən /


NOUN
legal taking of another's child
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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

The accelerating development and adoption of AI “is not a headwind for Brookfield. It is a very significant tailwind,” Teskey said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 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

Cloudflare said it was laying off at least a fifth of its global workforce, citing the company’s increased adoption of artificial-intelligence tools.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

“I’ve been volunteering here for 6 months. People fill out an adoption form. If I have time, I put it in the computer. But all the paperwork is filed by date in here.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty




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