adaptation
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After telling interviewers she wanted to play Grushenka in an adaptation of “The Brothers Karamazov,” they asked her if she could spell the character’s name.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Universal and Nintendo’s animated adaptation is the latest in a string of hit family films.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The movie tweaked Harry’s fatal ending, but the adaptation does something even more striking with his desperation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 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
I had merely stumbled upon another lovely adaptation in nature, itself the product of micromutation and natural selection.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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Word Generation Science - Life Science
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Introductory
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