adaptation
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Researchers say the findings are important not only for improving climate and ice sheet models, but also for coastal planning and adaptation efforts around the world that rely on accurate sea level rise projections.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
Netflix recently announced a 10-episode series adaptation of her third novel, “This Summer Will Be Different.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Two shows lead this year's nominations overall with 12 each - a musical version of the 1987 film The Lost Boys, and a stage adaptation of Apple TV series Schmigadoon!
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Jack Thorne, who co-wrote last year’s prize-winning “Adolescence,” returns with another story of fractured childhood with an admirable, engrossing new adaptation of William Golding’s much-taught novel of boy castaways, “The Lord of the Flies.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 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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