as in adjustment
the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation
a careful adaptation of the book for the silver screen could take several years
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Is reading an adaptation’s source material important to you?
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Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
In addition to starring in Season 3, which premieres Oct. 3, Connor will soon take the Broadway stage in a Shakespeare adaptation, playing Romeo opposite Rachel Zegler’s Juliet.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2024
Emma Roberts would like to throw her hat in the ring to play Britney Spears in a feature film adaptation of Spears’ recent memoir The Woman In Me.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2024
No offense to Marcello Mastroianni, but the fact that Visconti didn’t cast Delon as the lead role in his 1967 adaptation of The Stranger truly feels like a missed opportunity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
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Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
In addition to starring in Season 3, which premieres Oct. 3, Connor will soon take the Broadway stage in a Shakespeare adaptation, playing Romeo opposite Rachel Zegler’s Juliet.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2024
Emma Roberts would like to throw her hat in the ring to play Britney Spears in a feature film adaptation of Spears’ recent memoir The Woman In Me.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2024
No offense to Marcello Mastroianni, but the fact that Visconti didn’t cast Delon as the lead role in his 1967 adaptation of The Stranger truly feels like a missed opportunity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Adaptation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adaptation. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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