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Its corporate communications “was an early adopter and leverages the technology in a number of areas including copy-editing and proofreading, complementing rigorous team member reviews.”
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 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
The intense pressure to adopt AI—from bosses, peers and, if you’re an earlier adopter like me, voices in your head—is real.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
The legitimate descendants of the adopter with the adopted, while the relation of adoption continues.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe
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