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adaptive

[uh-dap-tiv] / əˈdæp tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
adjusting
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This could lead to technologies such as frictional metamaterials, adaptive damping systems, and contactless control components.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

In patients who already produce normal or elevated levels of endogenous GLP-1, flooding those same receptors with long-acting agonists may push a finely tuned system past its adaptive range.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

India needs translational laboratories, accredited biobanks, adaptive trial networks and globally trusted evidence systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

These agents enable influence operations that are far more scalable, sophisticated and adaptive than simple scripted misinformation campaigns.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

Their ambisexuality has little or no adaptive value.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin