adapt
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And it's a self-reinforcing loop; creators adapt their work as they seek out the attention the algorithm can provide.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
But you had better be able to adapt in a shifting employment landscape, one in which corporate executives might be under more pressure than ever to deliver.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Experts told AFP that Artex going closed-source would make the code harder for new users to obtain and adapt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Some Walmart suppliers need to adapt their products to work in the automated systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“It’s not the case for everyone, that’s for sure. But I find that the patients who have that sensation adapt much more quickly than those who don’t.”
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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If Fiala comes back early and healthy and if the team adapts quickly to the change in style, those predictions may prove overly dire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The enduring myth of the tower as a site of cruel torments has a lot to do with Ainsworth’s melodramatic novel, which adapts the true story of Lady Jane Grey, the “nine days queen.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Or, if you prefer superheroes: HBO’s new show adapts DC’s Green Lantern comics, but the series offers more than just your typical superhero fare.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Chelsea, Mudryk and his representatives have entered an initial two-week assessment period to evaluate how he adapts to life back in an elite football environment.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"He adapts himself very well to things. He really does. I mean he really knows how to adapt himself."
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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He also shrewdly compares Musk to the protagonist of a 1930s film adapted from an H.G.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Those specimens suggest the species was undergoing gradual evolutionary changes as it adapted to shifting environmental and climatic conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
But in short order, Cohn’s New York Magazine article was adapted into “Saturday Night Fever,” a blockbuster film and one of the bestselling albums of all time.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Nominations have been opened to phone boxes which have already been adapted into community libraries, with libraries in Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire and the West Midlands having already signed up.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
As the colonists crossed the straits separating each Indonesian island from the next one to the east, they adapted anew, filled up that next island, and went on to colonize the next island again.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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That opportunity is coinciding with Palantir’s move toward a more vertical model that involves adapting its various products and platforms to specific industries, she added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Insurers are adapting to shifting market conditions with aggressive cost-cutting measures.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
The move shows how Dutch Bros is adapting to new markets as it expands nationwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Andrew Friedman is confident about the Dodgers’ bullpen adapting to high-leverage situations in the playoffs even if he doesn’t have a designated closer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
He was hinting here, in print, about the transmutation of species, about how new species were created, by adapting to their surroundings, by the means of natural selection.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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