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As a partner at the advisory firm ISG where he focuses on enterprise software, Smith can be classified as a tech-savvy early adopter.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
I was an early adopter of “bop” back when we were still using the word to classify the singular bounciness of Carly Rae Jepsen songs in 2015.
From Salon • May 10, 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
In Rome the effect of adoption was to create the legal relation of father and son, just as if the person adopted was born of the blood of the adopter in lawful marriage.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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