Adoption
Adoption noun - A legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit).
Service and adoption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Service" instead a noun "Adoption".
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The show's popularity actually coincided with the adoption of the 911 emergency service in the U.S.
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Pullman is credited with the invention and widespread adoption of Pullman sleeper cars, passenger cars with fold-out beds so customers could sleep on overnight rides, and his "Pullman Porter" workers provided top quality service on trains.
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Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was an avid fan of "joint-service" solutions, feeling that standardizing around a single type significantly reduced development costs (the same philosophy was used in the adoption of the M-16 assault rifle).
Source: Useful Notes / Yanks with Tanks
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