retelling

American  

[ree-tel-ing] / riˈtɛl ɪŋ /

noun

1. a new, and often updated or retranslated, version of a story.

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Etymology

Origin of retelling

First recorded in 1635–45; re- + tell ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

She could be wryly funny about the impossibility of escaping her past; in time, her exasperation with endlessly retelling the story of her childhood became an aspect of the story.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their retelling imagines the star-crossed lovers meeting later in life, repositioning the story from a perspective of age and experience, with the title characters aged in their 40s.

From BBC

Had “Traversal” been nothing but Ms. Popova’s retelling of these histories, it might have been a far more successful evocation of these patterns of destruction and creation.

From The Wall Street Journal

Making a purposefully idiosyncratic retelling of a classic tale came with its own challenges.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t know whether or not he is a narcissist, but from your retelling, he is someone who has always looked out for himself.

From MarketWatch

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