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Free sign upThe phrase "adapted it as" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing how something has been modified or changed to fit a particular purpose or context.
Example: "The author adapted it as a screenplay to better suit the film medium."
Alternatives: "modified it to" or "transformed it into".
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The story was initially a screenplay by Graham Greene, not a novel; he later adapted it as a novel.
Sports media, in particular, has adapted it as a term for what Tom Ley, the managing editor of Deadspin, calls "big lovable galoots".
In London, it drew the interest of Steven Spielberg (who adapted it as a film) and of Queen Elizabeth, who invited Joey to Windsor Castle for her ninetieth birthday.
I had already adapted it as a musical years ago with the composer Gary Carpenter and through doing so had become aware of the different ways of telling a story.
Now the writer-director Quentin Tarantino has taken Elmore Leonard's novel "Rum Punch," the tale of a stewardess who gets involved in an arms-smuggling operation, and adapted it, as "Jackie Brown," expressly for Grier.
Some even adapted it as a manipulative tool.
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Self-reflection has evolved in humans to allow us to examine our past behaviour and adapt it as necessary.
Obviously, your band would try to make the song good and likable by adapting it as far as legally possible.
Impressed by its narrative, she asked Luiz Bolognesi to adapt it, as she knew he had a similar worldview and would have the respect necessary to work on the subject.
So this year, I decided to adapt it as one.
Then HBO were going to adapt it as a TV series with Mark Steven Johnson, the director of duff superhero blockbuster Daredevil.
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