adapt
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It is whether those who relied on the old one can adapt before the new one hardens around them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"These results are an important piece of the larger puzzle of what is going on in the overall population as they attempt to adapt to climate change in real time."
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
A strong rebounder who can move the ball upcourt, Littlepage-Buggs is worth a pick to see how she might adapt to the WNBA.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
With fewer plant populations, genetic diversity - the range of different genes within a species, some of which could help it adapt to new environments - are lost.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
It would make other things difficult—holding my toothbrush, knitting, eating fries—but I’d adapt.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Vocabulary lists containing adapt
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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