adaptation
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Michelle Monaghan, always good, is also among the cast, as homicide detective Amanda Beck, though she lays low enough to duck all the free-floating ham in this adaptation of Alex North’s 2019 novel.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 28, 2026
The new evidence suggests that gradually reducing these abdominal appendages was an important adaptation to terrestrial life.
From Science Daily β Aug. 27, 2026
Climate change and heat adaptation were on the agenda of a two-day cabinet retreat this week led by conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz, but no new measures were announced.
From Barron's β Aug. 27, 2026
Long known in Hollywood as “Ridleygrams,” they’re for his next project, an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island.”
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 26, 2026
As the partners worked together on each adaptation, Welles taught him the techniques peculiar to radio.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
It funded tours by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, film adaptations of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and “1984,” and translations of T.S.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 12, 2026
Working with its partners, ESA was responsible for developing and qualifying the Ariane 5 adaptations needed for the Webb mission and for procuring the launch service from Arianespace.
From Science Daily β Aug. 12, 2026
All book adaptations, whether from novels or memoirs, could stand to embellish the facts here and there, or go ahead and reinvent the wheel when possible.
From Salon β Aug. 12, 2026
Ophelia is predominately a wheelchair user and has needed adaptations at home.
From BBC β Aug. 9, 2026
Paley wrote about natural history, arguing that if you examined specimens carefully, you could see how beautifully they were created, how perfect they were in their adaptations.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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