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nouncondition of something resulting from change

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So it’s not exactly an adaptation of a book you’ve seen at the library — instead, it’s an imagining of one of Japan’s most famous stories.

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My generation must help Gen Z learn to push on the levers of technical, political, cultural, and economic change, and to draw on existential tools or “deep adaptation” in times of crisis.

GENERATION Z IS ‘TRAUMATIZED’ BY CLIMATE CHANGE—AND THEY’RE THE KEY TO FIGHTING ITMATTHEWHEIMERAUGUST 19, 2020FORTUNE

There’s a lack of public understanding and support for undertaking coastal adaptation actions, Ehrlers said.

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When Beyoncé releases music, it’s an event — even when it’s a soundtrack to a live-action adaptation of an animated film.

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He listed ways he was hoping the school districts experimented with outdoor spaces and other adaptations to be able to serve students in person.

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Dramatic adaptation in expressing various characters, emotions, and motives is potentially very great.

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Every new style of dress will admit of adaptation to individual cases, thus producing a pleasing, as well as fashionable effect.

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Man was about to be subjected to an extraordinary strain, which he could only meet by an extraordinary adaptation.

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An adaptation of the electrol device that had appeared on the most modern ships, Harkness knew how to handle it.

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M. Gevaert regards the adaptation of the scheme to the other keys as the result of a gradual process of extension.

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