adoption

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Recent Examples of adoption One argument in favor is that since autonomous AI tools accelerate discoveries that improve human health, adoption is acceptable and needed. Mohammad Hosseini, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026 Hollywood’s relationship with AI has oscillated from a complete rejection to relatively enthusiastic adoption. Corbin Bolies, Variety, 3 June 2026 The results of Measure A will weigh heavily on the San Jose City Council as they are expected to vote on the final adoption of the budget by June 9, with a final public hearing the day before. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 The podcast business is continuing to grow, in part thanks to wider adoption of video podcasts. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for adoption
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Noun
  • But Cygnet Infinity—which received gold at the Spirits Business’s Low & No Masters 2026 Awards—is less about abstinence than embracement.
    Nick Scott, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026
  • That embracement has helped the military enlist between 128,000 and 190,000 new service members annually since the 1990s, even though some armed forces, especially the Army, have struggled to meet their recruiting goals in the past few years.
    Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But Kyiv’s early embrace of drones, and the mass-industrialization of their accuracy and power, has begun to exact a defining toll on Moscow.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • The release of the funds was a signal of Brussels’ embrace of the new government in Budapest after the 16-year tenure of Viktor Orbán, who was allied with Russia and antagonized the EU.
    Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Scorsese’s public espousal of this technology marks the latest shift in attitude about AI from powerful Hollywood creatives.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
  • The Trump administration is also unwinding another key tool of American soft power: the country’s espousal of liberal democratic values.
    Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Candice and Timothy show Brittany how ‘church hurt’ stretches out from the pulpit and into cultural norms around gender, sexuality, acceptance.
    Brittany Luse, NPR, 9 June 2026
  • Her interest in engineering led to her acceptance into the prestigious Simons Summer Research Program at Stony Brook University last summer.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026

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“Adoption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adoption. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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