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the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation
the store's slow adaption to shoppers' changing tastes spelled its doom
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Recent Examples of adaption
Rapid adaption model By wearing a sleek, non-invasive headset, Han bypassed his motor impairments entirely.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
For the musical adaption, which is directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley, Broadway playwright Theresa Rebeck is adapting Kevin Wade’s 1988 screenplay for the stage.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Author Jodi Picoult reacts to a small Indiana school district's cancellation of an upcoming play adaption of her book.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
This may leave countries to do more in terms of adaption to the changing climate whether or not the shift reaches the most apocalyptic forecasts of climate campaigners.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
For the musical adaption, which is directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley, Broadway playwright Theresa Rebeck is adapting Kevin Wade’s 1988 screenplay for the stage.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
Author Jodi Picoult reacts to a small Indiana school district's cancellation of an upcoming play adaption of her book.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
This may leave countries to do more in terms of adaption to the changing climate whether or not the shift reaches the most apocalyptic forecasts of climate campaigners.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adaption
Noun
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The project is in early development, with Liz Tigelaar — the multi-hyphenate behind prominent literary adaptations like Tiny Beautiful Things and Little Fires Everywhere — set to adapt.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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Jonathan Levine, who of late has been directing and exec producing buzzy shows Tell Me Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, is writing and will helm the adaptation.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Feb. 2026
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The big adjustment the Wolverines made was making La Mirada’s Gene Roebuck work a little harder.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic officials said they could be called on to lift those restrictions, according to the official, but Pentagon leadership was not fully satisfied with Anthropic’s adjustments and did not want to be beholden to the private company.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Adaption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adaption. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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