adaptation

Example Sentences

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Baroness Brown, chair of the CCC's adaptation committee, said "our lives, our landscapes and our homes are under increasing pressure from the changing climate".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The adaptation doesn’t always get the dramatic proportions right.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

But war involves cycles of adaptation, and the question is whether Russia can find answers to Ukraine’s improvements, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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 was dubbed the Black Pimpernel, a somewhat derogatory adaptation of Baroness Orczy’s fictional character the Scarlet Pimpernel, who daringly evaded capture during the French Revolution.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela