Definition of retelling
: a new version of a story
- a retelling of a Greek legend
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Read more: Give Ford some credit for facing hard truths, like the retelling of the 1973 oil crisis that pushed consumers away from American gas guzzlers and toward foreign economy rides.
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The story is already set for a retelling by Hollywood, with two production companies looking to put together movies about the boys and their rescue.
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Given its retelling of the accusations, TMZ.com appears to have obtained the Cleveland police narrative and published a story based on it.
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Don’t let anyone glam up the retelling of Game 7 of the 2018 NBA Eastern Conference Finals: no one is sending the highlights to the Hall of Fame.
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While Totoro was an instant, beloved children’s fantasy classic, Grave of the Fireflies was a much more complex, upsetting work, a sober retelling of the last months of the conflict from the perspective of two Japanese children.
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At this point in the retelling of the story, Brett pauses for effect.
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Ensemble member Louis Contey will direct an ensemble of eleven actors in a retelling of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s most famous work.
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And a modern retelling of the story starring Lea Thompson is expected to debut in theaters later this fall.
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First Known Use of retelling
1883
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