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adopter

American  
[uh-dahpt-er] / əˈdɑpt ər /

noun

  1. someone who adopts a child or a pet.

  2. someone who adopts for their own use a method, service, piece of technology, etc.


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"I'm an early adopter of new technology," says Gavin Tait, a 69-year-old from Glasgow, with a hint of pride.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

He predicts that Microsoft “will be a n early” adopter of Arista’s XPO and linear pluggable optics, or LPO, strategy deployments and that others could follow suit.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Gil had been an early adopter of e-commerce after his old store folded, and he made a nice living selling books on eBay and Amazon.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

As an “SCTV” early adopter, O’Hara was first attractive to me because she was funny, but she was also beautiful — a beauty she could subvert by a subtle or broad rearrangement of her features.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

In some simple distillations it is necessary to interpose an adopter between the retort and receiver, as shown Pl.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine