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Adaptable 

It’s an adjective; it means able to adjust to new conditions or capable of being modified for a new purpose. It can be applied to both people and objects and some authorities say that being adaptable, able to cope with changing conditions, is why humans are the dominant life form on earth.
It is frequently used in the workplace to describe someone who can handle anything and is capable of taking on the jobs that would have others scratching their heads until they got splinters under their fingers. It is also used to describe members of the British armed forces, one reason, perhaps, why they are the best in the world.
People are adaptable when conditions change.
The telephone was sufficiently adaptable to go mobile and send texts.
Adaptable by AKACroatalin May 19, 2015
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adawt • adamthehorse • adawg • adapt • adactyl • Adamtivity • adaption • ADAT • ADAW • adawiah
a weapon to surpass Papa John. it stands for Anti DAT Shit.
TheRussianBadger: the ADATS is a weapon to surpass Papa John
ADATS by Commander Boomer April 4, 2020

improvise adapt overcome

To be creative with seemingly tragic events.
Jonathan "I didn't have any toilet paper so I had to use cardboard."
Daryl "Improvise adapt overcome!"

Adawiyah 

Adawiyah is a name not a thing QwQ
Adawiyah by Hey! Its The Simp! June 12, 2021

contraption adaption 

1) The period of time needed to familiarize oneself with a new electronic device.
2) Often, a period of extreme anxiety and frustration stemming from one's need to learn a lot of technical information in a short to non-existent period of time.
1) "I'm sorry, Joe. I won't be in to work today. I'm exhausted from staying up all night learning how to use my new i-phone and am suffering this morning from a bad case of contraption adaption."

2) "I'm now limiting my persuit of new e-toys to only those gadgets with a low level of contraption adaption."

3) The salesguy said: "If you buy this new Mac laptop today, I guarantee you'll start using it today." "Yeah, sure", I said. "I'll BET there's no contraption adaption for THIS machine!"

post-adastra depression 

The empty feeling you’re left with after finishing the Furry Visual Novel; Adastra
It’s been weeks since I’ve finished the game and I’m still suffering from post-adastra depression
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
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