adapt
verb (used with object)
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
has adapted
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present perfectof adapt (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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With “Olmo,” in theaters Friday, Eimbcke has adapted his career-long interest on the youth’s preoccupations to a story on this side of the Mexico-U.S. border for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Iran has adapted to U.S. defenses, firing missiles that travel at extremely high speeds and can maneuver as they streak toward the earth, The Wall Street Journal has previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The market has adapted to the most far-reaching crisis in the history of the oil market,” Kuptsikevich said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
And the truly chilling part is how quickly Washington has adapted to it.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
“Maybe not. It might live in an insect, and insects don’t have lungs. But you see here how Ebola has adapted to this lung. It’s budding out of the lung, right straight into the air.”
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
