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adaptation

noun as in act of adapting

noun as in condition of something resulting from change

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In terms of his adaptation, Estevao already speaks basic English, has his family around him in London and has begun driving to and from training.

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To determine whether this adaptation held up in real space, the researchers sent sporophytes into orbit.

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This year, many focused on resilient agriculture projects and defenses against hurricanes and typhoons as ways adaptation finance could be deployed.

The Freedom Theater became famous staging adaptations of works such as George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani’s “Men in the Sun,” a tragic novel about three men fleeing refugee camps.

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The idea of tripling money for climate adaptation was in the early text and survived into the final draft.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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