adapt
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She worries how services will adapt to the increased number of emergency C-sections.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
People who had the skills and aptitudes to adapt to those forces did very well, and people who were affected more adversely did not.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Investors interested in consumer stocks have had to adapt as well.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
To investigate how the insects adapt to this dramatic transition, researchers studied deer keds at different points in their life cycle.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
The settlers of Australia, or more accurately, its conquerors, didn’t just adapt, they transformed the Australian ecosystem beyond recognition.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing adapt
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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