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adaptability

[uh-dap-tuh-bil-i-tee] / əˌdæp təˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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Like other prison memoirs, this one is a study in human adaptability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The way she sees it, though, the key to a successful songwriting career in 2026 is adaptability in both an emotional and a creative sense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Yet evidence also points to remarkable adaptability among survivors, with certain populations actually increasing after the catastrophe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

But the firm’s U.S. division wants to recognize employees with uniquely human skills like critical thinking, adaptability and judgment—things EY says matter most to its future and clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Changing economics and demographics require flexibility and adaptability.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

As WPA extends from storm sewers to nursery schools, so the interests and adaptabilities of Harry Lloyd Hopkins are equally diverse.

From Time Magazine Archive

The text has been revised and, where necessary, rewritten, and is superior to the editions now current both in literary excellence and in the valuable desideratum of "accents" and other adaptabilities to musical utterance.

From Martha or, The Fair at Richmond by Friedrich von Flotow

He had all the physical adaptabilities of a nurse—a large, tender touch, a low persuasive voice, pliant yet unhesitating limbs, and broad, well-cushioned surfaces.

From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte

With her quick perceptions and adaptabilities she would soon learn to care more about the quality of the reflecting surface; and meanwhile no criticism of his should mar her pleasure.

From The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

So also in the adaptabilities and the conveniences of life, in its versatilities and in its enjoyments.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Burton Jesse Hendrick


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