- plural of adaptation.
adaptations
Example Sentences
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"Urgent adaptations are needed to mitigate the effects of successive heatwaves on plants and the insects that rely on them to thrive," the society said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
All book adaptations, whether from novels or memoirs, could stand to embellish the facts here and there, or go ahead and reinvent the wheel when possible.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
It funded tours by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, film adaptations of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and “1984,” and translations of T.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Instead, the evidence points to an animal with a distinctive combination of sensory adaptations that developed over millions of years on an isolated island.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Or are they stunningly different— other adaptations to other environments?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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