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adaptations

NOUN

act of adapting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

reworking transformation variation

STRONG

adjustment adoption alteration conversion modification shift

WEAK

refitting remodeling

NOUN

condition of something resulting from change

Synonyms

STRONG

acclimatization agreement compliance correspondence familiarization habituation naturalization

WEAK

accustomedness assuefaction

Antonyms

STRONG

disagreement

Example Sentences

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If nature tends to reuse the same biological solutions, predicting future adaptations may become more achievable than previously thought.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Studios also promoted adaptations of the 30-year-old videogame series “Resident Evil” and the 1980s toy line and cartoon “Masters of the Universe,” as well as a film about the making of “Rocky.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Platitudes are for popsicle sticks and fortune cookies, not feature-length adaptations of literary classics intended to warn readers about how easily power can bleed into corruption.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Many of the titles on the list are also either recent or upcoming screen adaptations including Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing and Chloe Walsh's Boys of Tommen series.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Paley wrote about natural history, arguing that if you examined specimens carefully, you could see how beautifully they were created, how perfect they were in their adaptations.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman