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adaptation

[ad-uhp-tey-shuhn] / ˌæd əpˈteɪ ʃən /




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The arrival of the Cartoon Network in India and a blockbuster television adaptation of the Hindu epic "Mahabharata" dented sales.

From Barron's

Paradoxically, at virtually the same time, the many stage adaptations of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which dramatized, or melodramatized, the brutality of slavery, were an enduring sensation.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We are super curious to see if these coastal wolves have behavioral adaptations that are different from terrestrial wolves."

From Science Daily

As far as videogame adaptations go, its second season has been a lot more interesting — and fun to watch — than HBO’s “The Last of Us” was.

From MarketWatch

Massachusetts’s American Repertory Theater presents an adaptation of a young-adult novel about a boy born with a genetic disorder, with music by A Great Big World and a book by Sarah Ruhl.

From The Wall Street Journal