adapted to
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Chaparral are adapted to fire every 30 to 130 years — not every eight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Public sector managers have adapted to emergency budget procedures; the money still flows, services are delivered, wages are paid.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Thick, tough evergreen needles are specially adapted to withstand drought and cold, but the thinner, broader leaves of deciduous trees cannot survive such harsh conditions and so go out in a blaze of autumnal glory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Although anacondas are evolutionarily distinct from Vasuki, the research offers a useful comparison for understanding how different snake lineages became giants and adapted to their environments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
It was adapted to climbing apple trees and running after gazelles, not to clearing rocks and carrying water buckets.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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