adapt
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The people most at risk aren't necessarily those in jobs most threatened by AI, but rather the people who are least able to adapt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
While these drugs have been successful against certain tumors, many cancers eventually adapt.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
“By the end of the process, I definitely felt ready to adapt myself. But in the beginning, there was just no way I would raise my hand for it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The global infrastructure buildout is an opportunity to create more resilient and sustainable structures that can adapt to climate change, point out several advisors.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
In other words, science evolves, and it does so because theories that fail to develop, or that are unable to adapt in the face of new discoveries, are eliminated.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing adapt
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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