dramatization
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As captured in a dramatization of her bestselling 2003 memoir, she apparently thought life would continue somewhat the same as before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Through this perspective, audiences remain engaged with the film’s events, told largely in chronological order, without any unnecessary frills or dramatization.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
The intent is a kind of re-creation, or dramatization, of Cleopatra’s life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Although the movie is a Hollywood dramatization of what actually happened during the 2008 financial crisis, Saluzzi made an analogy to this scene and said it may be how financial institutions are now thinking.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025
The dramatization of slavery never failed intensely to arouse Negroes hearing its honors spelled out for the first time.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Unlike so many retellings of famous assassinations, attempted or otherwise, Harron’s movie gets to the heart of its subject’s discontent without dwelling on dramatizations of Solanas’ fragile psyche.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
Crucially, though, “Wildcat” is most interested in O’Connor’s work itself, peppering its biographical narrative with dramatizations of her short stories, including “Parker’s Back,” “Revelation” and “Everything That Rises Must Converge.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
The dramatizations are nicely filmed, if a little hokey, and the overall velvety tone is peppered with piquant details, like Hall communicating with the Russians in a code derived from Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Anyone who has watched the many dramatizations of the queen’s life — including “The Crown” — or the coverage of her death is already well-versed in the problems of always maintaining a stiff upper lip.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2022
Another reporter inquired whether there should be a law against similar radio dramatizations.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing dramatization
Theater - Introductory
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Promises to Keep
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Theater - Middle School
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