adaptive
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However, financial markets are by nature adaptive, and investors can adjust to the higher cost of short-term trading, said Marcus Weyerer, director of ETF investment strategy at Franklin Templeton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The findings provide some of the strongest evidence yet that adaptive Denisovan genetic variants remain biologically active in modern humans.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Lymphocytes are white blood cells that help direct the adaptive immune response.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
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
As a result human biology has evolved as an adaptive mechanism to conditions that have largely ceased to exist.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing adaptive
30 GRE Words Beginning with "A"
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