as in adaptation
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
Like many other recent true crime adaptions, the show has nothing to say, and there's zero artistry in its lurid retelling of a man murdering his wife and son.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adaption
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Mentee’s progress in vision-language-action models, large-scale simulation, and advanced Sim2Real transfer directly complements Mobileye’s autonomy platform, improving generalization, accelerating development, and enabling faster adaptation to new environments.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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The changes also allowed Mingo to step out of the shadows cast by André DeShields and Richard Pryor, who played the Wiz in the original Broadway show and 1978 movie adaptation, and make the role his own.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
7 Jan. 2026
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In June 2024, the owners went public about their need for a lease adjustment from their landlord, Pruneyard Shopping Centers owner Regency Centers.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Adaption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adaption. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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