adaptive
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The games will take place in Birmingham from 10 to 17 July next year, with 550 wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans from 25 nations expected to compete in 12 adaptive sports.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Slipping into survival mode, going through the motions without feeling the crushing weight of the reality of a situation, can be an adaptive response when you’re in the middle of a crisis.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
You have to stay adaptive, keep making small bets, keep getting feedback, and not get attached to your first answer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"By comparing ecological ways of life for extinct and modern species, we can understand how patterns of adaptive evolution have changed through time and what factors shaped the modern biosphere."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 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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