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adaptation

[ad-uhp-tey-shuhn] / ˌæd əpˈteɪ ʃən /




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For Leon Berkers, whose restaurant boat has been stuck in the mud for more than a month, adaptation has so far meant improvising fixes to keep "pots and pans from flying around."

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

That is what makes a Lantern a hero, and this adaptation one of the best of its kind in a long time.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Environmental adaptation was not the only force influencing the global spread of dogs.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Ryan Murphy’s FX adaptation of ‘The Shards’ brings Bret Easton Ellis’ coming-of-age thriller to life with meticulous production design, costumes and iconic L.A. locations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

It was a hoary restatement of Lamarck’s idea—of adaptation morphing directly into hereditary change—decades after geneticists had pointed out the conceptual errors of Lamarckism.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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 Aug. 12, 2026

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 Aug. 12, 2026

But today, with our easy access to cheap, calorie-dense junk food and sedentary routines, those same adaptations that once helped us to survive can cause us a few issues.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Previous movie adaptations of “The Odyssey” soft-pedal or ignore the hero’s postwar PTSD.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

In the mid-twelfth century the first adaptations of al-Khowarizmi’s Al-jabr were working their way through Spain, England, and the rest of Europe.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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