adapted

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Based on a spiritual, “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning,” as adapted by Roach and singer Andy Bey, it was meant as both balm and call to action.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

In other words, even species adapted to high temperatures may have little room left to cope with additional warming.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

It pitched software that could sift through vast intelligence datasets to flag threats -- an idea adapted from PayPal's fraud-detection systems.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Filipino laborers came to Mexico via colonialism, and adapted and adopted champoy with spices and chilies from Mexico to become chamoy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

While Neanderthals lived in glacial times and were adapted to the cold, they penetrated no farther north than northern Germany and Kiev.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond