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adaptive

[uh-dap-tiv] / əˈdæp tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
adjusting
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Slipping into survival mode, going through the motions without feeling the crushing weight of the reality of a situation, can be an adaptive response when you’re in the middle of a crisis.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

You have to stay adaptive, keep making small bets, keep getting feedback, and not get attached to your first answer.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Without adaptive measures, the figure could nearly triple to 644 billion liters by 2030, Rystad estimates.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

That is not the case with AI, which he said requires continuous transformation and adaptive behaviors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

If anything, it stood even more upright: at the end of the long chain of adaptive evolution was the well-adjusted, best-erected, most perfected mammal of them all: humans.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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