adaptation
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The Public Theater presents an adaptation of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, with a book by Martyna Majok and a score by Aimee Mann.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
In this adaptation, Anna Bowden had been Cady’s defense attorney, and he’s no longer an illiterate rube but a successful restaurateur who was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Eryn has loved the Magical Faraway Tree book series for years and was excited to experience the film adaptation.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
A24's "Backrooms," the big screen adaptation of a viral YouTube horror series, smashed several box office records with an $81.5 million North American debut, US media reported Sunday.
From Barron's • May 31, 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
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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