How to Use adaptation in a Sentence

adaptation

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  • The film is an adaptation of a book of the same title.
  • His stage adaptation of the novel was a success.
  • The insect's evolutionary adaptations enable it to be almost invisible even when sitting in the middle of a leaf.
  • One of the key changes in the screen adaptation is the absence of the clones.
    — ELLE, 29 July 2022
  • And in the adaptation, that might as well still be the case.
    — Samantha Nelson, The Verge, 29 June 2018
  • The height of the crown, the height of the branches, is also a part of that adaptation.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 15 July 2022
  • There have been many adaptations of this beloved book over the decades.
    — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2019
  • There are some changes from the book, as with any adaptation.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Who would star as you in the film adaptation of your life story?
    — Jane Larkworthy, The Cut, 26 June 2018
  • Close your eyes for a few minutes, to speed up their adaptation to the dark.
    — New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Marvel movies, the video game adaptation feels out of place.
    — Jason Schreier, Bloomberg.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • And this is just the tip of the tip of this innovation and adaptation iceberg.
    — Matt Beane, Wired, 8 June 2020
  • This will be our sixth adaptation of true story in a row.
    — al, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Now an adaptation of the musical is coming to the big screen.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 12 Dec. 2019
  • How involved were the subjects of the stories in these adaptations?
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2020
  • As with most adaptations, changes occur on the long road towards the small screen.
    — refinery29.com, 9 July 2018
  • Can watching a screen adaptation of a book help children learn to do this?
    — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Though perhaps the most talked about moment in the blockbuster book, it was left out of the film adaptation.
    — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 21 May 2018
  • At one point, Steve Carell was lined up to star in a movie adaptation.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Apr. 2022
  • And at that point, most scenarios for adaptation start to fall apart.
    — David Wallace-Wells, Daily Intelligencer, 11 July 2017
  • Fans are hopeful that this means a film adaptation could soon follow.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Loyal fans know the singer has been in London to film the movie adaptation of Cats.
    — Glamour, 2 Apr. 2019
  • Casting a live-action adaptation based on a book is tricky.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Lilly Collins will play Kendall in the film adaptation.
    — Alexis Jones, Marie Claire, 3 May 2019
  • How about this adaptation in many insects: the aedeagus?
    — Emily Willingham, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Climate adaptation will be messy, so embrace the chaos.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2022
  • This adaptation was probably doomed from the start, no matter who was going to play the lead.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Not every seed source tells the day length adaptation of their onion varieties.
    — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Word is the novel has already been optioned for a film adaptation.
    — Maureen Corrigan, Philly.com, 2 May 2018
  • Most of the true Irish fare is simple and delicious, but ripe for adaptation.
    — Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018

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