How to Use adoption in a Sentence

adoption

noun
  • The lawyer has handled countless adoptions.
  • Our adoption of local customs has gone slowly.
  • Most of the adoption records were closed.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The others come back and are put up for adoption.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The biggest pet adoption event of the year is here.
    — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The pace of adoption since then has been striking.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Is tech adoption just a proxy for enough wealth to buy a laptop?
    — Paul Spann, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Items may be dropped off in garbage bags at the adoption center site.
    — Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2022
  • One of the rats available for adoption.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • That child was later placed for adoption.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But some districts have seen adoption lag.
    — CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Speed isn't the hard part of AI adoption.
    — Maxime Legardez Coquin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • The adoption curve for AI will be even faster.
    — Mike Hoffman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Vibe coding won the adoption war.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • This isn’t adoption for adoption’s sake.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • All cats are up for adoption and come from local shelters.
    — Ella Gonzales may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
  • Fear slows adoption and success.
    — Michael Bush, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Our job is to get those customers into adoption mode.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the widespread adoption of Lean comes with risks.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • These are the pets up for adoption in metro Phoenix shelters this week.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • These are the pets up for adoption in metro Phoenix shelters this week.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
  • The interspecies friends are not up for adoption at this time.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Three adoptions had fallen through.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Since the adoption event, a staff member brought her in as a foster dog.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Five of the rescues are available right now for adoption.
    — Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
  • These are the pets up for adoption in Phoenix-area shelters this week.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024
  • These are the pets up for adoption in Phoenix-area shelters this week.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
  • These are the pets up for adoption in Phoenix-area shelters this week.
    — Daily Briefing, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • As fate would have it, a white, male kitten was available for adoption.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That was why, about two years ago, Sarah briefly thought about putting her son up for adoption.
    — Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022

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