adaptive
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Injured in a playground accident in 2023, Luke now uses a wheelchair, but that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing all the things that he loves, including adaptive basketball.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The adaptive category doesn't yet use the same classifications for disabilities as the Paralympics.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
An executive order from Trump in December 2025, entitled “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” called for “creating a responsive and adaptive national security space architecture” through allied cooperation and private sector investments.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
"We find that neurotypical animals make adaptive decisions in this changing environment," Zhou says.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
It can be argued that youthful derring- do is in fact evolutionarily adaptive, a behavior encoded in our genes.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing adaptive
30 GRE Words Beginning with "A"
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