Definition of retelling
: a new version of a story
- a retelling of a Greek legend
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Denhollander and the other former gymnasts categorically reject this retelling of facts.
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Natalie Dormer leads this six-part retelling of the classic Australian mystery about the disappearance of three schoolgirls and a teacher during a Valentine's Day excursion in 1900.
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Has there been interest in a fictionalized retelling?
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Its heavy-handed retelling was from Longstreth's point of view, since Coffman had quit the group—joining Angel Deradoorian and Olga Bell on the list of crucial members who've left Dirty Projectors since 2012.
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Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Update: Deadline confirms, via Sony, that Margot Robbie will star in Quentin Tarantino's controversial retelling of the Charles Manson murders.
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All apparently went well, as Meyers -- who got choked up a couple of times during the retelling -- showed off pictures of his new son, who was quickly taken to the hospital after his dramatic entrance into the world.
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But there is something inside the hip-hop retelling of the Caribbean immigrant who defied the odds to become a Founding Father.
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And yet, aside from modern-day twists on Homer’s work, there haven’t been so many actual retellings of what famously happened in Troy.
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First Known Use of retelling
1883
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