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adaptability

[uh-dap-tuh-bil-i-tee] / əˌdæp təˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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That adaptability offers Chelsea additional options, with head coach Xabi Alonso having used both systems during his coaching career.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The technology's adaptability to different kinds of problems sets it apart from previous waves of computerised aids.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Then, talk about how your current skills and adaptability could help you meet those goals.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

This adaptability is important not only for individual cells but also for tissues and entire organ systems.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

Changing economics and demographics require flexibility and adaptability.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

As WPA extends from storm sewers to nursery schools, so the interests and adaptabilities of Harry Lloyd Hopkins are equally diverse.

From Time Magazine Archive

So also in the adaptabilities and the conveniences of life, in its versatilities and in its enjoyments.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Burton Jesse Hendrick

With her quick perceptions and adaptabilities she would soon learn to care more about the quality of the reflecting surface; and meanwhile no criticism of his should mar her pleasure.

From The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

The text has been revised and, where necessary, rewritten, and is superior to the editions now current both in literary excellence and in the valuable desideratum of "accents" and other adaptabilities to musical utterance.

From Martha or, The Fair at Richmond by Friedrich von Flotow

He had all the physical adaptabilities of a nurse—a large, tender touch, a low persuasive voice, pliant yet unhesitating limbs, and broad, well-cushioned surfaces.

From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte




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