adaptive

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An executive order from Trump in December 2025, entitled “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” called for “creating a responsive and adaptive national security space architecture” through allied cooperation and private sector investments.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 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

Humans are surprisingly resilient and adaptive, and our desire to be creative and to be in groups won’t go away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Any viruses that bypassed this first layer of defense were quickly confronted by a rapid adaptive response.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

He dealt with every manner of adversity with calm, adaptive acceptance.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand