in the original
idiom
: in the language used by the original writer
We read Homer in the original, not in translation.
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Jane Fonda, who starred in the original 1968 sci-fi movie, also attended Power of Women on Wednesday.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Notably, Arquette, 54, Lillard, 55, and Foley, 53, are all back in Scream 7 despite their characters being killed off — for Lillard's Stu Macher, all the way back in the original 1996 Scream.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Most notably, Glee sparked new interest in the original Rumours album, which reentered the Billboard 200 chart at number eleven, a spike in sales of almost 2,000 percent over the previous week (the same week, Nicks’s solo album In Your Dreams debuted at number six).
—Alan Light, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Over the weekend a report emerged out of the UK tabloids that the lead role of Patrick Bateman — played by Christian Bale in the original — would be gender-swapped with Margot Robbie in the frame for that role.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Notably, Arquette, 54, Lillard, 55, and Foley, 53, are all back in Scream 7 despite their characters being killed off — for Lillard's Stu Macher, all the way back in the original 1996 Scream.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Most notably, Glee sparked new interest in the original Rumours album, which reentered the Billboard 200 chart at number eleven, a spike in sales of almost 2,000 percent over the previous week (the same week, Nicks’s solo album In Your Dreams debuted at number six).
—Alan Light, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Over the weekend a report emerged out of the UK tabloids that the lead role of Patrick Bateman — played by Christian Bale in the original — would be gender-swapped with Margot Robbie in the frame for that role.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
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