adaptation
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The movie tweaked Harry’s fatal ending, but the adaptation does something even more striking with his desperation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
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
Henry Koster’s 1961 studio film adaptation followed suit with an even greater reach.
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
It was an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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