adapt
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Over time, those repeated interactions create more opportunities for pathogens to circulate, adapt and potentially spill over into human populations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
"That is a fact of life the US and others will have to adapt to in how they plan and conduct military operations."
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
As such, ski resorts and mountains have had to adapt to survive.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
The company has been slow to adapt to new sales channels such as TikTok Shop where consumers now do more of their beauty spending.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The close similarity of the measles virus to the rinderpest virus suggests that the latter transferred from cattle to humans and then evolved into the measles virus by changing its properties to adapt to us.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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