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The phrase "adapts by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing how someone or something adjusts or modifies their behavior or approach in response to a situation or environment.
Example: "The species adapts by changing its feeding habits to survive in the new ecosystem."
Alternatives: "adjusts through" or "modifies by".
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But Catch-22: the brain adapts by adding more serotonin receptors, requiring more starving.
So the brain adapts by increasing the amount of receptor activity required to trigger the same reaction.
Following an appropriate stimulus (for example, DNA damage), the cell senses a state of 'relative' p53 deficiency and adapts by reducing p53 degradation.
Chihiro adapts by trial and error to the rules and culture of a place where little is what it initially seems.
The body adapts by making more red blood cells that increase the amount of oxygen delivered to muscles, improving performance during training and races at lower altitudes.
This in turn entails that, endogenously, the architecture of the social network adapts (by displaying more cohesiveness) when the environment deteriorates (say, becomes more volatile).
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