How to Use adaptive in a Sentence

adaptive

adjective
  • All the clothes for babies, toddlers and girls come in adaptive sizes.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The screen offers adaptive motion smoothness up to 120 Hz and looked great.
    Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Who’s going: Skiers of all skill levels, as well as adaptive skiers.
    Caroline Tell, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The city’s best new hotels are also paragons of adaptive reuse.
    Chris Schalkx, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2023
  • Found in all oceans and all ocean depths, these animals are abundant and adaptive.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The topmost adaptive foam layer is breathable and wicks away moisture and sweat.
    Brittany Johnson, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Long-term adaptive planning is also starting to bear fruit now.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Our stations are diverse and adaptive to the local market.
    Roy Trakin, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
  • They can be bound by white blood cells, including lymphocytes, which are the cells of the adaptive immune system.
    Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Streets signs on a dark road reflect light from a test vehicle's adaptive driving beams.
    Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 11 May 2023
  • The response relies on the adaptive immune system recognizing a part of pathogen A that pathogen B shares.
    Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • This has given Maven the ability to be nimble and adaptive in a changing landscape.
    Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The adaptive air suspension absorbs bumps and holds the EQS level in quick maneuvers.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 1 Dec. 2022
  • There are also more subtle tweaks to haptics and adaptive charging.
    Chris Welch, The Verge, 13 June 2023
  • The resort also offers adaptive skiing lessons, available for skiers of all ages.
    Angelika Pokovba, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
  • That said, hip-hop was never going anywhere, because no style of pop music has been as adaptive and as sly.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The next layer is the mint layer, which has two inches of adaptive foam and cooling gel to keep you feeling refreshed and supported.
    Brittany Johnson, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Gear, including an adaptive kayak, is provided at all of those events.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2023
  • To that end, underneath the Raptor's enlarged fenders are coil-overs with adaptive Fox Live Valve dampers sized 2.5 inches up front.
    Carlos Lago, Car and Driver, 11 May 2023
  • To cope with the extra power, the DB12 will ride on a new suspension with next-generation adaptive dampers and firmer anti-roll bars.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • Higher-end trims also offer air springs with adaptive dampers.
    Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2023
  • When the body determines that the innate response isn’t protective enough, the adaptive immune system kicks in.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The moonlight adaptive lighting design project is part of a growing effort to balance the need for functional lighting in the town and to protect the darkness.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Enable dark mode and adaptive brightness Dark mode can save battery life and reduce eye strain by making the background of your phone darker.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The package also adds a rear-wheel steering system and an adaptive air suspension.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 23 June 2023
  • But they’ve been exposed otherwise as not very resilient, deep or adaptive.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But, perhaps my favorite Adidas Terrex Free Hiker 2 feature has to be the stretchy and adaptive knit collars.
    Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2023
  • But in this case, the extension of the ant’s life span also seems to be adaptive for the parasite: The tapeworm needs to persist in the infected ant long enough for a woodpecker to find the acorn and eat it.
    Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The leaders and organizations that are adaptive will win.
    WIRED, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The steering is direct, predictable and firmly weighted, while the adaptive dampers and sport suspension cushion bumps.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2022

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