adaptable

Example Sentences

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The new leadership has proved resilient and adaptable, emerging from the first five weeks of the war with its command and control intact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The brand works with people with disabilities to create adaptable jeans, stoma bags, and other pieces of clothing.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

While historians often portray Cromwell as “a hypocrite or a double-dealer,” here he’s a dexterous politician, a pragmatic and adaptable leader who “could ride two horses at once, while advancing three agendas.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

"But it is interesting to note that the more adaptable pinks have proven less popular than we might have assumed, and green and red varieties negligible, highlighting the importance in maintaining cultivated diversity in gardens."

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Professionals are positive, action oriented, opened minded, poised, adaptable, respectful, self-regulated, empathic, organized, prepared, and collaborative.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin