adaptation
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And this TV season has been an apparent bonanza for the book adaptation business.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Few shows are quite as ripely pubescent as this adaptation of the very popular “Every Summer After,” the debut of author Carley Fortune and the opening salvo in her “Barry’s Bay” series of romance novels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Another adaptation, that of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," won six awards, more than any other work.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Eryn has loved the Magical Faraway Tree book series for years and was excited to experience the film adaptation.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Evolution and adaptation were bundled together into one continuous mechanism: adaptation was evolution.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
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