adapt
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How a cookbook helped Jewish immigrants adapt to middle-class American life while not losing their connection to their culinary culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
His parents had made a tough decision to abandon everything they knew to adapt to a changing world, and now it was Golesh’s turn to adjust to football’s shifting landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
As more streamers adapt this feature, a brand like HBO investing in original short-form vertical content from young filmmakers could stand out.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
And he believes focusing on these six essential employment skills will help young people adapt in a time of huge change.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
How could he adapt it the way Welles wanted?
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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Chelsea, Mudryk and his representatives have entered an initial two-week assessment period to evaluate how he adapts to life back in an elite football environment.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It may also depend on how the brain controls, redirects, or adapts its response to that pathology.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
The side that adapts faster imposes costs on its enemy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Produced by the brilliant team behind “RuPaul’s Drag Race” — Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell and RuPaul himself — “Stop! That! Train!” adapts the humor of the Emmy-winning reality show for the big screen.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
"He adapts himself very well to things. He really does. I mean he really knows how to adapt himself."
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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Balmer later wrote a memoir about her experiences, which was adapted into the ITV drama Until I Kill You in 2024.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
DeLorenzo adapted the play himself for his production, which opened Saturday at the Odyssey Theatre, where he directed Ibsen’s “Ghosts” in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Yet I’d actually adapted to and enjoyed easy Zoom live video meetings, which mirrored my regular courses.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Instead, the researchers suggest that allowing natural ecological processes to unfold can restore biodiversity while also preserving the genetic diversity of plants already adapted to the local area.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
But people would have explored and adapted to most other areas quickly, once modern human inventiveness had developed.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Molecular clock studies have suggested that hexapods split from their marine crustacean relatives and began adapting to terrestrial environments as early as the Cambrian-Ordovician interval.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
We’re definitely adapting it, but it’s just different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Now working in strategy, Aderonmu often has to think on the go and says "adapting to each kind of situation" has been one of the biggest things she's learnt through work.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The former Newcastle and Chelsea manager remains a Uefa technical observer and speaks about adapting to the modern game, using social media, artificial intelligence and increasingly sophisticated data as part of his approach.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
And he reminded her of how quickly she was adapting, his tone always calm, always consoling.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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