adaptation
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He says the movie isn’t a direct adaptation of the song.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Psychologists call this hedonic adaptation: the tendency to absorb improvements into our baseline until they no longer feel like gains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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
He and the duchess will serve as co-producers on the new film adaptation of No Way Out.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The adaptation itself is, once one has realized that it must be there, easy to identify and, once identified, its importance is evident.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
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