Definition of retelling
:a new version of a story
- a retelling of a Greek legend
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Recent Examples of retelling from the Web
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The following is a retelling based on contemporary accounts of a confrontation in Charlottesville between two middle fingers and a Confederate flag.
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His colorful retelling of his efforts to woo Larkin into professional baseball was my favorite.
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That’s when a beleaguered Apple—its creative juices all dried up and according to Jobs’s retelling, just months from insolvency—bought his little computer company for $400 million, paving the way for Jobs’s eventual return as Apple CEO.
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Reportedly, that retelling has been a huge hit online with viewers outside China.
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However, this is not simply a historical retelling.
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The 18th-century German composer Christoph Gluck’s operatic retelling of the story has never been presented by Portland Opera, Mattaliano said.
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The mask, worn during retellings of the story, became a warning.
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In this new retelling of our boy hero, Peter Parker has been folded into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the action of Homecoming picking up right after the events of Captain America: Civil War.
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First Known Use of retelling
1883
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