adapt
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Multiple brain regions and chemical signaling systems work together to help animals and humans adapt to changing situations.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
The ceremony was hosted by singer Pink, who kicked off the night with a rendition of Lady Marmalade that saw her adapt the lyrics to namecheck several of the nominees.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The boss will often adopt the guise that Weiss does, saying that the business needs to adapt to changing times, while offering little detail about what that means or what the new strategy looks like.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The greater risk is that Washington, preparing for the wrong labor-market shock, enacts policies that make it more difficult to adapt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Those residing in ghetto communities were particularly ill equipped to adapt to the seismic changes taking place in the U.S. economy; they were left isolated and jobless.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing adapt
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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