adaptable
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"We had to be more adaptable to the different styles we come up against, and we needed more control in games through possession."
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Even among more adaptable butterflies, the picture is mixed.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Years of absorbing shocks have left companies leaner and more adaptable, like an athlete in peak training rather than one running on fumes, said Sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
"In the future, we will be able to use our method to optically write arbitrary and adaptable topological circuits on a chip," says Smoleński.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
I am a very adaptable kind of person.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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