adapt

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These are companies with hundreds of billions in revenue and hugely talented teams awaiting leadership instructions to adapt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The counselors who made her feel truly understood “don’t even have to understand what I’m going through, but they do understand how to relate to someone, how to adapt whatever training they’ve had.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The challenge now for the likes of Huntington, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman is to adapt to the challenge from the well-funded startups.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

"These findings suggest that when stroke damage leads to greater movement loss, undamaged regions on the opposite side of the brain may adapt to help compensate," Kim explained.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

She seemed more robust and less timid than Boxwood and Haystack and was evidently doing her best to adapt herself to warren life.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams