adaptation
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Different species have evolved different types of blood and immune cells, reflecting millions of years of adaptation against infection and disease.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
When asked about future “Hell’s Kitchen” projects — including a film adaptation — Keys laughed and said she “can’t talk too much,” but that the team is exploring various realms of possibility.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The Netflix adaptation in 2024, quickly became one of the streaming platform's most-watched shows.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The New York company offers a stark, taxing adaptation of the composer’s 1958 work, which centers on a woman waiting for her long-gone lover’s return.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
This was, in other words, an adaptation of his atmospheric steam engine, or rather a reversion to his earlier plan for a wind-gun powered by atmospheric pressure.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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