How to Use adaption in a Sentence
adaption
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The film is an adaption of the Colleen Hoover novel of the same name.
— Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024 -
None of this is to say adaption of the rule has been seamless.
— Jake Blumgart, Slate Magazine, 14 Mar. 2017 -
The book has sold a million copies and is in the works for an Apple TV adaption.
— Donna Wares, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023 -
Besse had worked hard to get a solo in her school’s adaption of Bring It On!
— Rose Minutaglio, Seventeen, 15 Mar. 2018 -
Lea Michele may not have been cast in the revival of Funny Girl or in the film adaption of Wicked.
— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2021 -
Al Gore's doc will now go up against 'The Dark Tower' adaption at the box office.
— Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2017 -
If that's not badass enough, Angelina Jolie will play Hegar in the film adaption.
— People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 28 May 2017 -
The series is an adaption of the 2013 award-winning horror novel of the same name by Joe Hill.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 July 2019 -
Webber has been pushing for a film adaption of Cats since 2013.
— Katherine Schaffstall, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2019 -
The actress is slated to star in the crime thriller Finest Kind as well as an adaption of the science fiction film Dune.
— Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 14 Sep. 2020 -
And king of horror Stephen King has an offering: a new movie adaption of It.
— Lilian Min, Cosmopolitan, 17 Aug. 2017 -
The show quickly took the No. 1 spot on the streaming giant's Top 10 list, and fans of the books were clearly satisfied with the adaption.
— Kelsey Lentz, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023 -
Rest easy Uncharted fans, North still made his way into the film adaption in a small cameo.
— Vulture, 19 Feb. 2022 -
The novel has been translated in 17 languages and will be the third adaption of one of Kidd’s bestselling works.
— John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023 -
The mega-producer is now working on an adaption of the musical The Prom.
— Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 27 June 2019 -
Watch the film online, and then catch the latest Spielberg adaption to see how the iconic story has spanned decades.
— Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021 -
Their campaign targeting the U.S. in 2016 was full of adaption.
— Byshannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2022 -
Christian isn’t the only one to not land a role in the adaption after much campaigning.
— Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, 15 Nov. 2019 -
For a long time, the line was there hasn’t been a good dramatic adaption of a video game so the bar for doing that is really low.
— James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Amazon is also working on a video game adaption of the Fallout games.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 24 Nov. 2021 -
This time, the adaption comes from John Murphy, who also directs.
— Mark Lowry, star-telegram, 19 July 2017 -
Nonetheless, the civilian bed openings are far from the only adaption the VA has been forced to make in recent weeks.
— Fox News, 15 Apr. 2020 -
The show is a modernization as well as an adaption—the chicken, the egg, the rooster, and the incubator all at once.
— Ruth Curry, Esquire, 15 May 2017 -
Wheelchair football is played with adaptions to the more familiar game to match it with the abilities of the athletes.
— Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2024 -
Cast and filmmakers gather in Manhattan for the premiere of the big-screen adaption of the Broadway hit.
— Kyle Smith, National Review, 19 Dec. 2019 -
With a new silver-screen adaption coming to theaters this fall, now is the time redress that oversight.
— Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2021 -
Díaz played Iago in the 1986 Franco Zeffirelli film adaption).
— Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2021 -
The film adaption of Wicked has had a rocky yellow-brick road; it was first announced in 2012 but has faced several delays.
— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2021 -
The adaption probably allows the animal greater access to food and nesting areas, as well as an escape from predators.
— Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024 -
In the years since, its popularity has continued to spawn multiple adaptions across film and television, including the 1991 movie The Addams Family.
— Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
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