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the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation
the store's slow adaption to shoppers' changing tastes spelled its doom
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Recent Examples of adaption
And yet, French writer-director François Ozon’s new adaption, which premiered in competition at Venice, gets many, many things right.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
The film is an adaption of Richard O'Brien's 1973 musical for the stage, The Rocky Horror Show.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Aug. 2025
The movie, in theaters now, is an adaption of Jordan Harper's award-winning novel, and follows 11-year old Polly (Ana Sophia Heger) and her father Nate (Egerton), who made enemies with a white supremacist gang in prison.
—Logan Holland, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Variety first reported the news of the TV adaption, which was confirmed by the involved parties on social media.
—EW.com, 25 July 2025
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
The film is an adaption of Richard O'Brien's 1973 musical for the stage, The Rocky Horror Show.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Aug. 2025
The movie, in theaters now, is an adaption of Jordan Harper's award-winning novel, and follows 11-year old Polly (Ana Sophia Heger) and her father Nate (Egerton), who made enemies with a white supremacist gang in prison.
—Logan Holland, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Variety first reported the news of the TV adaption, which was confirmed by the involved parties on social media.
—EW.com, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adaption
Noun
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Playwright Hartley is a first-time TV series writer, who is also penning Poison Pen Studios’ drama The Dark for ITV, an adaptation of GR Halliday’s From the Shadows, the first novel in the DI Monica Kennedy series.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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The legendary filmmaker heaped praise on director Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s novel after an advance screening in Los Angeles this week.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Once the looks are done, the dress rehearsal is where the hair team previews the looks in motion before making adjustments.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fiscal first-quarter earnings of 32 cents per share after adjustments fell short of the estimate of 37 cents per share.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Adaption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adaption. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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