adapted

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“Analyzing performance after 2020 reveals a clear divergence between companies that adapted successfully and those that did not.”

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

A University of Minnesota scientist, Jian-Ping Wang, cracked it a decade ago by using techniques adapted from semiconductor manufacturing to make an ultrathin film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

What stands out to you about his process versus then working with your husband, David E. Kelley, also a prolific writer, who adapted “Margo’s Got Money Troubles”?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

He believes that the origins of this fungus may be in a native species that has since adapted to kill the heath-star moss.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

For the same reason, we can be sure that the Linear B syllabary of Mycenaean Greece had been adapted by around 1400 B.C. from the Linear A syllabary of Minoan Crete.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond