adaptation
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Most of its well-known screen adaptations, by contrast, are much less severe, the narration more direct, and the relationship between Catherine Earnshaw and her adopted brother Heathcliff firmly centered.
From Salon
Publishers energetically reprint the interwar backlist; film producers confidently invest in adaptations and pastiches; and genre authors such as Anthony Horowitz and Ruth Ware combine traditional conventions with contemporary sensibilities.
Scientists believe these differences may reflect adaptations to different hosts over time.
From Science Daily
It also offered lessons in adaptation, how to absorb strikes, recalibrate and respond under pressure.
From BBC
Signs of hasty Russian adaptation have been observed up and down the long front line.
From BBC
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