as in to adjust
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
it always takes freshmen a little while to adapt themselves to high school
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Recent Examples of adapt
With new challenges around every corner, the team must adapt, adjust and overcome.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Recipe adapted from Zaynab Issa via The New York Times.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
The upcoming series is a prequel to the hit IT films which adapted Stephen King‘s horror masterpiece about a small town in Maine that’s cursed by the presence of a shapeshifting killer clown which returns to murder a slew of children every 27 years.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
Lydon emphasized that Prevost’s thinking on such issues could adapt over time but emphasized that as pope, Prevost must now contend with the beliefs of more than a billion Catholics spread across the globe.
—Eric Bradner, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Recipe adapted from Zaynab Issa via The New York Times.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
The upcoming series is a prequel to the hit IT films which adapted Stephen King‘s horror masterpiece about a small town in Maine that’s cursed by the presence of a shapeshifting killer clown which returns to murder a slew of children every 27 years.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
Lydon emphasized that Prevost’s thinking on such issues could adapt over time but emphasized that as pope, Prevost must now contend with the beliefs of more than a billion Catholics spread across the globe.
—Eric Bradner, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adapt
Verb
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The telescopic shaft adjusts the total length as needed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 May 2025
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That's starting with support for Gmail, which allows AI Mode to adjust based on things like booking emails and online purchase receipts.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
21 May 2025
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Rather than having a fitness room with a few treadmills and weights, complexes will have pickleball courts, yoga studios, saunas, weight rooms and tracks, spread across multiple floors and tailored to different needs.—
Caleb McCullough,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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With the entire city in play, artists and locations could be specifically tailored to each other.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Verb
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Due to its enormous economy and population, automakers have conformed to California’s rules.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Many of these clothes are displayed on models whose bodies conform to (and are sometimes edited to promote) hyper-idealized body standards.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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Also noteworthy was the natural, human-centric approach to the user interface, with the AI agent interacting in a warm conversational tone and doing so in a regional accent selected to suit the location being called.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Here are six other emerging hubs, with yachts best suited to explore each region.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Trump was given 10 days to put the injunction into effect, per the order accompanying the ruling.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
30 May 2025
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Moira puts Morck in charge of the initiative, sending him down to a glorified bathroom in a subbasement, providing no additional resources and moving the budget into other underserved departments.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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“Adapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adapt. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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