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readapting

verb

present participle of readapt
as in adapting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for readapting
  1. adapting
  2. adjusting
  3. shaping
  4. conditioning
  5. acclimating
  6. conforming
  7. tailoring
  8. putting
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  • The average company is 109 years old, and more than half have been in business for over a century, surviving global conflicts and adapting through multiple industrial revolutions.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The company used that approach to develop the sodium-ion cell while adapting its existing manufacturing expertise to the new chemistry.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of adapting
Verb
  • Ingoglia developed a formula that uses local governments’ 2019-20 budgets as a baseline, adjusting for inflation and population growth.
    — Zoe Millán, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The simplest one is adjusting your asking-versus-telling ratio.
    — Inga Bielińska, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of adjusting
Verb
  • The concern is accuracy while injured, medicated, or uncertain, not shaping a story.
    — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Quilling involves rolling, shaping and gluing thin strips of paper to create flowers, monograms and other designs.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaping
Verb
  • Sensitive complexions get extra TLC from soothing Centella asiatica, antioxidant-rich green tea, and conditioning lysine.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Sep. 2026
  • And for many Bears pass catchers who have never played with a quarterback quite like Williams, conditioning themselves — both mentally and physically — has become part of the process.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of conditioning
Verb
  • Rams players, however, are arriving in Melbourne just one day before the game, while their opponents chartered a plane last week and have already been acclimating to the 17-hour time zone difference.
    — Jessica Golden, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • For all his exposure to high-level competition while growing up in Southern California and playing for Team USA, Crow-Armstrong was still only 21, acclimating to the speed of the game and trying to fit into a team undergoing a late-season collapse.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of acclimating
Verb
  • The key lesson for personal branding is to embrace distinctiveness, substance, and a unique voice, rather than conforming to generic professionalism.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Joby has flown its first FAA-conforming aircraft and entered the final stage of type certification.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of conforming
Verb
  • Now Hoekstra is taking that argument and tailoring it to online betting platforms.
    — Jake Rosenwasser, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • One subject, the podcaster Andrew Gold, begins tailoring his content to anti-woke audiences, racking up huge numbers by playing to the preexisting grievances of his angry followers.
    — Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of tailoring
Verb
  • Ultimately, Jenkins capped the drive with a 4-yard keeper, putting UCF ahead 34-27 with 33 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The incident Sunday involved the top fashion executive forcibly restraining two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and putting his hands over their mouths at the runway show for Cos, a brand owned by H&M.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of putting
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