adapt
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“Operationally, FY 2027 performance will continue to be influenced by the broader macroeconomic environment but as we have demonstrated, we have a resilient business and can adapt quickly,” it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"We'll adapt to this technological revolution just as we have to the previous ones."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
AI is evolving, and the entertainment industry is working to adapt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
A mechanical engineer by training, Wangchuk also focused on finding ways to help Ladakh adapt to climate change.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
“Oh, well, excuse me for feeling any opposition to you waltzing into my room without knocking and suggesting that I adapt to your uninvited presence.”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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"This knowledge can help to better understand and recognize mental health problems in mothers. It is important that we understand how the brain adapts to motherhood."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Battle of the Atlantic showed that victory often goes to the side that adapts faster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Produced by the brilliant team behind “RuPaul’s Drag Race” — Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell and RuPaul himself — “Stop! That! Train!” adapts the humor of the Emmy-winning reality show for the big screen.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
It is how he characterizes Denali’s TransportVehicle architecture, a modular platform it adapts to carry amyloid antibodies, tau gene-silencing antisense oligonucleotides, or the enzymes that treat some rare, but fatal, genetic disorders.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
A child adapts rapidly, or not at all — and I had taken to the Great Place as though I had been raised there.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The rise of BookTok and a business imperative to attract young women with money to spend have fueled a massive cultural moment for on-screen love stories, especially ones adapted from books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In its 15 years of operation, Letterboxd has only adapted in ways that better serve its users and the film industry as a whole.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Once a fearsome presence in the England dressing room, he is now the most successful coach in the franchise world and has adapted his methods to accommodate the attitude of modern players.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
She says the technology could also be adapted to help protect sensitive parts of the body during MRI exams by reducing unwanted heating around medical implants.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Each system of control has been unique—well adapted to the circumstances of its time.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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"We're definitely adapting to these current, modern needs," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
She has wanted to take a crack at adapting the tales pretty much ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Minions also have trouble adapting, but Coffin demonstrates that by inserting them into the films of the 1940s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But the winger will be able to fall back on recent experience after repeatedly adapting to new environments over the years.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
She had wanted to go to Columbia in New York or Adelphi in Brooklyn, but Ben said that part of education was adapting oneself to a new environment.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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