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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
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
It was necessary, however, that the adopter should have no children of his own, and that he should be of such an age as to preclude reasonable expectation of any being born to him.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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