adaptation
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These structures also help coordinate communication within cells, support adaptation to changing conditions, and regulate many processes essential for life.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
I admit that Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel is a radioactive choice for a best-of list.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
But by steering the live-action Prime Video adaptation directly into the anxieties of the zeitgeist, showrunner Eric Kripke has transformed the superhero satire into a terrifying tale about the perils of authoritarianism.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Both shows won two awards, as did musical The Lost Boys, the punk-rock adaptation of the 1987 cult vampire film.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 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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