adaptable

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Years of absorbing shocks have left companies leaner and more adaptable, like an athlete in peak training rather than one running on fumes, said Sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The brand works with people with disabilities to create adaptable jeans, stoma bags, and other pieces of clothing.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

While historians often portray Cromwell as “a hypocrite or a double-dealer,” here he’s a dexterous politician, a pragmatic and adaptable leader who “could ride two horses at once, while advancing three agendas.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

"We found evidence for system-wide coordination in the brain that is both robust and adaptable," Wilcox said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Any candid observer of American racial history must acknowledge that racism is highly adaptable.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander