readapted

verb

past tense of readapt
as in adapted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for readapted
  1. adapted
  2. adjusted
  3. tailored
  4. shaped
  5. fashioned
  6. acclimatized
  7. edited
  8. conditioned
Verb
  • As a director, Fish has taken subversive, revelatory approaches to the theatrical canon and has adapted, for a taste, Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Like many places around the country, ecosystems in Florida have adapted to fire over time, and it’s needed to help these places thrive, according to Crandall.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of adapted
Verb
  • The commission voted 7-1 to direct County Attorney Tyrone Wade to look into whether any laws or policies were broken during the consent agenda vote and whether any policies should be adjusted to prevent similar situations in the future.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Both figures were adjusted to represent full-time equivalent student and employee numbers.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of adjusted
Verb
  • Outpost says the expensive, complex infrastructure is built once and reused across missions, with the innermost module tailored to each customer.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Local coverage focused on a few remarks that were tailored to their states, like Vice President JD Vance’s plea, in Iowa, for Congress to enact year-round E15 sales.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of tailored
Verb
  • Is this truly what museum security requires, or has the logic of a private compound shaped an institution that was supposed to welcome the city?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • To someone who knows Miami-Dade, the mangroves, coral and photographs of workers and machinery reveal more of what shaped that view.
    — Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of shaped
Verb
  • Or Timothée Chalamet at the 2025 SAG Awards, who fashioned a vintage Cartier Libre Féline watch into a bolo tie—paired with a leather Chrome Hearts suit.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Recognizable shapes and clean silhouettes were fashioned in calfskin, napa and suede — with python and lizard prints, mirror leather, crepe satin and mesh playing up contrasting textures.
    — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of fashioned
Verb
  • Let’s end with a great all-rounder—and a good product for getting acclimatized to using a body cream in your grooming routine.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 8 May 2026
  • The colorful lizards are acclimatized for cool mountain places, like the Mules.
    — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 22 Nov. 2025
Definition of acclimatized
Verb
  • Researchers showed respondents two versions of the same video, one edited by a human, one by AI, without telling them which was which, and asked for a blind preference before revealing anything about how either was made.
    — Muhammad Usman Qamar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In some memes in recent weeks, the photo has become so over-edited that the character's glistening face is slicker, darker and even more uncanny.
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of edited
Verb
  • For athletes who are conditioned by cue words or phrases, the effect might be even greater.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Does Lowen distrust Verity for good reason, or has she just been conditioned to resent her?
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of conditioned
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