adaptation

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The movie, the latest adaptation of a novel by Colleen Hoover, stars Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Local conditions shape how warming is experienced, which means policies and adaptation strategies must be tailored to specific areas.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

A TV adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s seminal 2001 novel, “The Corrections,” has finally found a home at Netflix.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

His adaptation maintains a knockabout, almost farcical pace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we’ve all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joysticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides