Adapt
Adapt verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.
Usage example: it always takes freshmen a little while to adapt themselves to high school
Square is a synonym for adapt in change topic. In some cases you can use "Square" instead a verb "Adapt", when it comes to topics like adjust, adjust to a different situation.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Also during Apollo 13, duct tape among many other items was used to adapt the "square peg" CM carbon dioxide scrubber canisters for use in the "round hole" LM scrubber socket.
Source: Duct Tape for Everything -
Narrating the Present Square/Cube Law: Quite possibly averted because Scott slowly shrinks, thus giving his body a chance to adapt.
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Disney wanted to adapt Beauty and the Beast into a Broadway play, but Broadway and Times Square were pretty rough at the time.
Source: Useful Notes / The '90s
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Square and Adapt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adapt/square
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Square or Adapt. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/adapt/square.
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