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migrate - To travel to a new location or country, to live there temporarily or permanently.

Many birds migrate to southern climates in the winter, because during that season they find eating and living there easier.

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diversify - To expand choices by developing a wider range of products, interests, or skills.

Kodak was founded by George Eastman in 1888, but it failed to diversify in the digital age, it filed for bankrupcy in 2012.

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multitasking - Handling multiple responsibilities or activities simultaneously, the ability to perform more than one task at the same time.

She's great at multitasking, often cooking dinner while helping her kids with homework.

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pliable - When a person is easily influenced, controlled, or persuaded by others

The boss wanted to hire employees who were pliable, so they wouldn't give his resitance when he told them what to do.

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serendipity - A happy or lucky outcome that arises out of seemingly random events.

It was pure serendipity that I bumped into my old friend in the library after so many years.

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swap - An act of exchanging one thing for another

Jay and Dave exchanged gifts during their gift swap.

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optimize - To make the best and most effective use of a situation, opportunity, or resource.

Since it hadn't rained for 6 months, and the reservoir levels were low, the mayor made a plan to optimize the people's use of water.

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spontaneous - Happening suddenly without an apparent external cause.

After the demontrator was wounded by the police, the riot started spontaneously, and it resulted a great deal of damage to the stores.

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feasible - Reasonable or likely to work effectively.

Launching the new app by next month is feasible if we stick to the schedule.

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straddle - To sit or stand with one leg on either side of something.

Saddles were first invented so that riders could straddle a horse.

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grapple - To seize something and hold it firmly; to wrestle with; to ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with

When Bill got lost on his trip to Paris, he had to grapple with the task of finding a place to sleep and not knowing the language.

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conformist - A person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs, rather than doing things that are different or original.

The hippies attracted people who didn't want to be conformists to the regular society, but actually they were becoming conformists to the hippie way of life.