adaptation
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Henry Koster’s 1961 studio film adaptation followed suit with an even greater reach.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Baroness Brown, chair of the CCC's adaptation committee, said "our lives, our landscapes and our homes are under increasing pressure from the changing climate".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
But war involves cycles of adaptation, and the question is whether Russia can find answers to Ukraine’s improvements, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Leonie Swann’s 2005 novel “Three Bags Full” is a good deal darker than Craig Mazin’s screen adaptation, which he scripted a decade ago.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Bizet’s habanera was itself an adaptation of a song, ‘El arreglito’, by the Spanish composer Sebastian de Iradier, who had visited Cuba in 1861 and been enchanted by its dances.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
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