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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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Canadian YouTuber Lauren Southern, for instance, was an early adopter of pick-me conservatism whose first video, posted when she was 19, was titled “Why I’m not a feminist.”

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Amazon, an early adopter, was hiring a principal AI executive to drive AI-tool adoption across production, plus roles in operations automation and LLM content classification, the listings revealed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

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

The fast-growing short-form drama industry has emerged as an early adopter of AI video generation.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 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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