adapt
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The results confirmed that acetylcholine plays an essential role in helping the brain adapt when circumstances change.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
"It will be different, but I think and hope I'll adapt," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The boss will often adopt the guise that Weiss does, saying that the business needs to adapt to changing times, while offering little detail about what that means or what the new strategy looks like.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The greater risk is that Washington, preparing for the wrong labor-market shock, enacts policies that make it more difficult to adapt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Ben reads: "American principles, freedom, democracy, and justice for all, withstand the test of time. History changes. Relationships between Americans change. But America's ideals remain strong or adapt and get stronger."
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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