adaptive
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"By comparing ecological ways of life for extinct and modern species, we can understand how patterns of adaptive evolution have changed through time and what factors shaped the modern biosphere."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Rezaei’s decades navigating Iran’s changing political waters have given him an adaptive streak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Now he’s on top of the adaptive surfing world, the challenge is to stay there.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Researchers used a Bayesian adaptive trial design, which allowed them to end individual treatment groups early once the evidence became sufficiently clear.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
But, in fact, what I was also doing was making the big computer in your brain—your adaptive unconscious—think about the state of being old.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing adaptive
30 GRE Words Beginning with "A"
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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