adaptation
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The pair met while starring together in the film adaptation of Wicked.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Another adaptation, that of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," won six awards, more than any other work.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
In this adaptation, Anna Bowden had been Cady’s defense attorney, and he’s no longer an illiterate rube but a successful restaurateur who was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Pulling ahead recently in the sweepstakes, with a couple of awards already on its shelf, is “Schmigadoon!,” an exuberantly staged adaptation of the Apple TV series of the same name.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Rather than being the timeless indigenous adaptation portrayed in ecology textbooks, many archaeologists now view slash-and-burn agriculture as a relatively modern technique whose spread was driven by European technology.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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