adaptation
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The Ukraine war involves remotely piloted systems, electronic warfare, layered air defenses and relentless adaptation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Jankovec urged the EU to intervene, writing that "relying on market forces and adaptation alone is not an option".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Netflix also has a film adaptation of the acclaimed play “Felicidades” in the works.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The movie, the latest adaptation of a novel by Colleen Hoover, stars Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we’ve all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joysticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
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