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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
Throughout the event, children and young people were participating in discussions of identity and preserving traditional food, such as Mexican identity and its connection to corn and how adaption and growth effect the making of tribal dishes such as acorn soup and elderberry medicine.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Lawrence told journalists in San Sebastian that legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese first handed her Harwicz’s book and pushed her to star and produce an adaption.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
The film is an adaption of the 1976 Daniel Pinkwater novel of the same name.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The most significant tweak that Matos made was the adaption of a permanent two-strike approach.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Lawrence told journalists in San Sebastian that legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese first handed her Harwicz’s book and pushed her to star and produce an adaption.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
The film is an adaption of the 1976 Daniel Pinkwater novel of the same name.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The most significant tweak that Matos made was the adaption of a permanent two-strike approach.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adaption
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Wang highlighted regional developments including France’s cultural assets combined with new technology, South Korea’s global Hallyu phenomenon, Japan’s strength in animation and manga adaptation, and Singapore’s commercial integration model.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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The celebration began Thursday with a 1,500-drone lightning storm above the Hollywood Forever Cemetery that spelled out the title to the Oscar-winning director’s adaptation of the classic Mary Shelley novel.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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The annual adjustments are instead determined by the nine-member New York City Rent Guidelines Board.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Unlike its peers, though, this bed is dense and required an adjustment period before Gore felt accustomed to the texture.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Adaption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adaption. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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