adaptation
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Military strategist Mick Ryan says the world’s bad actors have formed a “new adversary learning and adaptation bloc” to socialize the lessons of warfare from Ukraine and the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
China’s trajectory is harder to read precisely, but the pattern is one of internal development and rapid adaptation rather than reliance on external technology.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
An adaptation of the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, directed by Michael Curtiz, the film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including best picture, with Crawford winning for her lead performance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
Awosanmi also served as the stage director for "Medaaye", an African adaptation of the Greek tragedy "Medea" by Euripides.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
Internally, the important institutional decisions seem to have been made by a process of accommodation and adaptation, with resistible forces always meeting movable objects.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
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