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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Netflix’s mystery miniseries Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials also debuted in the original series rankings with 374 million minutes.
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
During a machine recount, the county reported more than 17,000 fewer ballots counted than in the original tally.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
With the siblings and in-laws and various inbred offsprings dismissed, these moors are lonelier than ever, making the action both easier to follow than in the original novel and easier to buy.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
But even if the director is participating in a fantastical, Bridgerton-esque approach to colorblind casting — or else purposefully disrupting canonical characters’ identities despite the importance of race in the original plot — her two leads remain, quite notably, white.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 12 Feb. 2026
During a machine recount, the county reported more than 17,000 fewer ballots counted than in the original tally.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
With the siblings and in-laws and various inbred offsprings dismissed, these moors are lonelier than ever, making the action both easier to follow than in the original novel and easier to buy.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
But even if the director is participating in a fantastical, Bridgerton-esque approach to colorblind casting — or else purposefully disrupting canonical characters’ identities despite the importance of race in the original plot — her two leads remain, quite notably, white.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
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