adaptability

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These systems worked well within narrow areas but lacked more general adaptability.

From Washington Post

“We still don’t know if this little gray butterfly’s adaptability is due to having the best genetics around,” he said, “or if it has run out of options and faces extinction.”

From Los Angeles Times

The unicornlike whales were thought to be particularly vulnerable to climate change because of their 100-year life spans and slow evolution, so this behavioral shift bodes well for their adaptability.

From Scientific American

This sort of built-in adaptability, Dr. Lipson argued, would become more important as we became more reliant on machines.

From New York Times

That has fostered an extraordinary amount of economic adaptability that is not reflected in the dire numbers, and is setting the groundwork for potential rebuilding even before the war ends, the government argued.

From New York Times