adaptability
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If someone is equally able to live on an iceberg, in a desert, and on top of a mountain, you could say that she has a lot of adaptability. This means she is able to make changes in response to her environment. The ability to adapt, or adaptability, is a great quality to have if you are an employee of a company that is going through a lot of changes or if you are an animal in nature, having to weather different seasons, or climate changes. You could say that some chameleons, which change color to blend into their surroundings, have a high level of adaptability.
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"I think ultimately the big elephant in the room for most of us is climate change," Ms Oshinowo told the BBC about the show The Beauty of Impermanence: An Architecture of Adaptability.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2024
“Staying on the field. Adaptability with the game plan, with pitching and delivery. And just the mental fortitude to make it work and stick through it. I think they all showed they can handle it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023
Adaptability and resilience remain common attributes among those who live here.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022
Adaptability belongs on the same level as accuracy when judging how elite quarterbacks separate themselves.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021
Adaptability grows with experience and with increase of self-confidence.
From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
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