adapt
verb (used with object)
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly.
were adapting
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past progressiveof adapt.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In July, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem had said companies were adapting to trade uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Sara McAdam, who is in charge of the training institute, said they were adapting to the falling birth rate.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The evidence supports the idea that Iron Age communities in this region were adapting to changing environmental and social conditions.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2026
To prove that women were adapting their weaving to climate change, she had to collect remains from all over Greenland during different time periods.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 15, 2022
In the nurseries, the Elementary Class Consciousness lesson was over, the voices were adapting future demand to future industrial supply.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
