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adapt

[uh-dapt] / əˈdæpt /


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Faced with a lack of dedicated facilities, Cascione applied the same philosophy he used when his baseball team had to rent a field: adapt and overcome the obstacle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

The researchers believe this reflects the brain's ability to adapt to stressful situations by prioritizing information that may be important.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Beyond staff shortages, teachers and pupils must also contend with crumbling school buildings, which a 2023 Senate report estimated would require billions of euros to renovate and adapt to a changing climate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Companies across the economy are beginning to change their hiring methods to adapt to the AI era and to make better use of the technology’s capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“What few humans remain have taken to higher ground, and only those who can adapt will survive. The question you must ask yourself is...will you be one of them?”

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

"The kind of person who misses a flight and, instead of panicking, calmly adapts to the situation. This person may still feel stressed, but they're better able to manage it through psychological flexibility."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

L.A. theater director Bart DeLorenzo adapts and directs a new version of Ibsen’s savagely timely ‘Enemy of the People’ at the Odyssey Theatre.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

“The answer may be: more methionine capacity, a reversion in polyamide spreads and another round of cost savings as the company adapts to intense competition and slow demand growth,” Bray says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

The reasons and justifications change over time, as each new caste system reflects and adapts to changes in the social, political, and economic context.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Chaparral are adapted to fire every 30 to 130 years — not every eight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Although anacondas are evolutionarily distinct from Vasuki, the research offers a useful comparison for understanding how different snake lineages became giants and adapted to their environments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The case has previously been adapted into Bafta winning BBC drama The Sixth Commandment, starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

That came under attack by the University of Chicago’s Robert Lucas, who argued that as public expectations adapted, past relationships between unemployment and inflation would break down, which they did in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

How he adapted himself to get along with all the Bahrami men, like a chameleon.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Another parent, Hannah, added: "My son has an older brother so he is used to playing in the more traditional format, so for him it has taken a bit of adapting."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Joining a new business has required a lot of adapting, and a lot of patience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Microsoft must demonstrate that Maia’s savings survive the costs of development, deployment and adapting software to run on it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

It also suggests that microbial communities could be adapting to certain synthetic polymers more rapidly than previously anticipated.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Eventually, she stopped all of it, but I believe there is a part of her that hates us for adapting.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black


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