adoption
/əˈdɑpʃən/
noun
- The legal process of taking someone else's child into your family and raising them as your own.
- Many couples choose adoption to build their family.
- They completed the adoption of their daughter last year.
- The adoption agency helped them find a loving home for the baby.
- The act of starting to use something new, such as a method, technology, or idea.
- The company announced the adoption of a new software system.
- The adoption of electric cars is growing quickly.
- Her adoption of a healthier diet improved her energy levels.
- The act of formally accepting or approving something, such as a law or resolution.
- The council voted for the adoption of the new policy.
- The adoption of the treaty required a two-thirds majority.
- They celebrated the adoption of the new constitution.
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