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adaptation

[ad-uhp-tey-shuhn] / ˌæd əpˈteɪ ʃən /




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City Administrative Officer Matthew Szabo is working on a separate Climate Action and Adaptation Plan meant to align with a state requirement that local governments maintain climate adaptation and resiliency strategies in their general plans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The Ukraine war involves remotely piloted systems, electronic warfare, layered air defenses and relentless adaptation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

A genetic adaptation that allows animals such as yaks and Tibetan antelopes to survive in thin air may also point to a new way to repair nerve damage in humans.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Catherine Laga’aia, the star of the live-action adaptation of "Moana", will be recognized as the Breakthrough Star of the Year.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

It was a hoary restatement of Lamarck’s idea—of adaptation morphing directly into hereditary change—decades after geneticists had pointed out the conceptual errors of Lamarckism.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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