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adaptation

[ad-uhp-tey-shuhn] / ˌæd əpˈteɪ ʃən /




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Her star turn as Glinda in the film adaptation of "Wicked" earned her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

I can only imagine that at this point, restaurant waitstaffs across the world have picked up crumbs and slices of chatter about Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old blockbuster.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

The translator who inspired Christopher Nolan when crafting his adaptation of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey,’ is calling out the film’s character depictions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

A romantic Hitchcock using lyrical camera movements in an atmospheric, haunting adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Evolution and adaptation were bundled together into one continuous mechanism: adaptation was evolution.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa offers evidence that early crocodile relatives were already developing different feeding adaptations near the beginning of the "Age of Reptiles," during the late Triassic Period, 252 to 201 million years ago.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Games Workshop has revealed acclaimed horror director Mike Flanagan has been recruited to work on its upcoming Warhammer 40,000 adaptations.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Nolan has called the lack of mainstream adaptations of the work a “curious gap in Hollywood history.”

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

The futile paradox of these so-called live-action adaptations is they require a tsunami of pixels to surround actual human performers with everything audiences adored the first time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Instead, by a variety of adaptations they utilize their victims for the nurture of their own young.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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