adaptation
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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
Internally, the important institutional decisions seem to have been made by a process of accommodation and adaptation, with resistible forces always meeting movable objects.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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