adaptation
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The intention was to show how the Mississippi River connects all the characters in Hammerstein’s adaptation of Edna Ferber’s novel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
An adaptation of Cesc Gay’s 2020 Spanish film “Sentimental,” the screenplay is credited to Rashida Jones and Will McCormack.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Readers embraced the novel, and its adaptation was a no-brainer for co-producers BBC and BritBox.
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026
"There's no magic formula against the pressure-cooker effect," he said, but stressed that environmental farming practices offer a "framework" for adaptation that can be developed "in every region and every sector".
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
It was a hoary restatement of Lamarck’s idea—of adaptation morphing directly into hereditary change—decades after geneticists had pointed out the conceptual errors of Lamarckism.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing adaptation
"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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Reading: Literature - Drama - Introductory
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