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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
People who don’t live near one of these early adopter cities might not realize how common the sight of driverless cars has become.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
He was an early adopter of every musical tool—including the Moog synthesizer—that he could get his hands on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 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
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