How to Use adaptive in a Sentence
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The adaptive triggers have a way of changing the feel of the DualSense.
—Gieson Cacho, chicagotribune.com, 9 Nov. 2020
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Join the Rangers to learn about egg-cellent adaptive eggs.
—Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
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The doorway isn’t wide enough for your adaptive stroller.
—Heather Lanier, Longreads, 4 Mar. 2021
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What would have seemed odd at one time now seems adaptive.
—Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 15 Sep. 2021
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All the clothes for babies, toddlers and girls come in adaptive sizes.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
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Each year the games draw a crowd of 500 contestants ready to embrace the world of adaptive sports.
—PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
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That gave her the idea to start her own adaptive design studio.
—Jada Jackson, House Beautiful, 20 Aug. 2021
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Still, some adaptive sports centers try to offset the cost for their clients.
—Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Jan. 2022
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So that would be a difference, for him, in their adaptive zones.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Leave it to Amazon shoppers, though, to find the Holy Grail of adaptive travel bags.
—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
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And the active roll bars and Bilstein adaptive dampers rein-in body roll and keep things level.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2022
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The screen offers adaptive motion smoothness up to 120 Hz and looked great.
—Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2023
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What Lilibet has to watch out for are some of younger children’s less adaptive traits.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 June 2021
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The researchers could tell the changes were adaptive rather than just genetic drift.
—Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2022
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This week’s debut of Yarrow, its in-house adaptive apparel line, is a sign of things to come.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2020
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Who’s going: Skiers of all skill levels, as well as adaptive skiers.
—Caroline Tell, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
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The city’s best new hotels are also paragons of adaptive reuse.
—Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2023
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That’s where the adaptive cruise assist, available in both models, comes in.
—Essence, 20 Oct. 2021
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Fear is adaptive and used to teach humans to avoid things that threaten their being.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 8 May 2021
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The adaptive dampers do a good job quelling body motions aside from some initial lean in corners.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 1 Oct. 2021
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Over the next several days to few weeks, the body builds up its adaptive immunity to the pathogen.
—Emily Mullin, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Apr. 2021
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Price has a vision to create a room at the center that is all about adaptive equipment.
—Lauren Kobley, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2022
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Both boast adaptive 120Hz refresh rates for smoother scrolling in apps, for instance.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2021
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Found in all oceans and all ocean depths, these animals are abundant and adaptive.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
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Many are eager to get back to the office, but others want a more adaptive approach.
—oregonlive, 6 May 2022
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But the building lived on through adaptive reuse as the site of several nightclubs over the years.
—Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 2 May 2021
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Women’s sizes span from XXS to 4X, and all baby, toddler, and kids clothes are adaptive.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2024
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On the back is a 12-megapixel camera, lidar scanner, and a new adaptive True Tone flash.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 7 May 2024
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This kind of adaptive red teaming reveals how models might be tricked into unsafe behavior through indirect or deceptive prompts.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Whether municipal or agricultural, these types of adaptive reuse projects are proving that with enough vision—and the patience to go through the planning approvals—no building is too utilitarian to become a striking residence.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 June 2025
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