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Recent Examples of maladaptation
Experts call this phenomenon maladaptation.
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Stephen Robert Miller, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
This maladaptation to lack of hip stability causes the knee to be unnaturally pinched between the upper leg and lower leg, precipitating damage and pain.
—Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2018
Stephen Robert Miller, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
This maladaptation to lack of hip stability causes the knee to be unnaturally pinched between the upper leg and lower leg, precipitating damage and pain.
—Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maladaptation
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With its family friction and its outsiders’ view of a fast-growing city in a young, postwar country, Shame and Money casts a piercing, sorrowful gaze at the ground-level effects of globalization.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Senator Thom Tillis has pledged to block Fed nominations until the Justice Department drops its Powell investigation—creating immediate friction.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Part of that discordance might be the fact that as a genre, rock has historically been difficult to define.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
19 Nov. 2025
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The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Though the series has been a hit for Netflix and made stars of its cast, rumors of tension, conflict, and discord have followed the cast.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Jan. 2026
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The stunning claim came just a couple of hours after Trump left no room for anything less than a takeover of Greenland, fanning the flames of discord that allies feared could lead to the collapse of the Western alliance.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
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One minute, the Earth’s citizens are pursuing their destinies in raucous, competitive disunity.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Nov. 2025
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So, what might those moments suggest for today’s era of disunity and discord?—
Cardinal Blase Cupich,
Mercury News,
27 Nov. 2025
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The depth and diversity of this particular Team USA squad should translate at these Winter Olympic Games into a very high return on investment indeed.—
Tim Genske,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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Prices for precious metals have been soaring as investors look for safer places to park their money amid threats of tariffs, still-high inflation, political strife and mountains of debt for governments worldwide.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Prices for precious metals have been soaring as investors look for safer places to park their money amid threats of tariffs, still-high inflation, political strife and mountains of debt for governments worldwide.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Similarly, the National Women’s Law Center reports in 2023, that based on current wage disparities, a Black woman starting her career today could lose around $907,680 over a 40-year working lifetime, simply because of unequal pay.—
Jallicia Jolly,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The partisan disparity on ACA subsidies comes in a midterm election year in which Republicans are trying to hold onto a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, and as affordability has emerged as a key focus for politicians and consumers.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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On the other hand, this contrast with prior Fed picks could make Rieder even more attractive to Trump, who is not shy about busting norms.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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In contrast, annual compensation for investment bank CEOs is valued at roughly $30 million to $40 million annually.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Maladaptation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maladaptation. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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