adapt
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Cleverly structured, it seemed difficult to adapt, but director RaMell Ross made it into a brilliant film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Estimating the mutation rate improves our ability to reconstruct koala population history, understand their capacity to adapt, and make more informed conservation decisions for the future."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
You should give your eyes up to 15 minutes to adapt to the lower light.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Even as IBM helps its customers adapt to the AI age, it was caught flat-footed by it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
It is dehumanizing, for it forces one to adapt by becoming more self- contained and insulated.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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This season adapts Anne Rice’s novel of the same name, which is told from the perspective of Lestat, played by Reid, and transforms him into a touring musician.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 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
It is how he characterizes Denali’s TransportVehicle architecture, a modular platform it adapts to carry amyloid antibodies, tau gene-silencing antisense oligonucleotides, or the enzymes that treat some rare, but fatal, genetic disorders.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Ukrainian drone makers report software updates weekly and hardware changes every few weeks, while their military adapts tactics just as quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Against these carcinogens which his own activities had created man had no protection, for even as his biological heritage has evolved slowly, so it adapts slowly to new conditions.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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“My Left Foot” was also nominated for best picture, director and adapted screenplay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
In its 15 years of operation, Letterboxd has only adapted in ways that better serve its users and the film industry as a whole.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
He highlighted the recently greenlighted show “Rose Hill,” adapted from a book series about a group of single dads living in a small town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The film, adapted from Homer's epic ancient Greek poem, is Nolan's first since 2023's Oppenheimer, which won the Academy Award for best picture.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 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
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In an ironic twist, Nolan’s own ambition in adapting “The Odyssey” looks something like Odysseus’.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem noted that while uncertainty surrounding "US trade policy continues to be a headwind, consumers have been resilient and businesses are adapting."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Locals are adapting too—investing in pipelines to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, investing in military strength to deter Iranian attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Chelsea are adapting their squad with Quenda partly in mind.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
American troop levels in Vietnam were nearing 200,000, but the enemy was adapting by breaking into small groups and moving unseen through the rugged mountains and forests.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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