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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The Fire With Fire adaptation would mark a return to NBC for Huertas, who last appeared on the network as Miguel Rivas in all six seasons of family drama This Is Us.
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Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 11 Mar. 2025
The actress stars in the upcoming film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s 2018 novel.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
Santa Rosa, New Mexico Route 66 nostalgia persists in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, a town that appeared in the 1940 film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
Many drug launches fail, often due to poor planning or speed of adaptation in launch years.
—Tom Hughes, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 11 Mar. 2025
The actress stars in the upcoming film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s 2018 novel.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 11 Mar. 2025
Santa Rosa, New Mexico Route 66 nostalgia persists in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, a town that appeared in the 1940 film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
Many drug launches fail, often due to poor planning or speed of adaptation in launch years.
—Tom Hughes, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Adaptation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adaptation. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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