adapt
verb (used with object)
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
had been adapting
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past perfect progressiveof adapt.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Mel Henley, head of parks and gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, says its staff had been adapting what was planted over the last few years.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2011
In any case, Sawadogo said he had been adapting to a hotter, drier climate for twenty years now.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 28, 2011
