adapted
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Over long periods, populations on isolated islands became increasingly adapted to their local environments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
"I'm happy for him as he also received his first international call-up. He's also very young and adapted really well to the Premier League," said Iraola.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Both of the new solutions can be adapted to provide a defense against a variety of diseases that plants can’t fight on their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Rivera, who received an Oscar nomination for his adapted screenplay for the 2004 film “The Motorcycle Diaries,” solidified his reputation with this play after his breakthrough work “The House of Ramón Iglesia.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Lamarck believed that animals adapted to their environments by strengthening or weakening certain traits—“with a power proportional to the length of time it has been so used.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
