in the original
idiom
: in the language used by the original writer
We read Homer in the original, not in translation.
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In the photo, which Lourd shared on Instagram, her son Kingston and daughter Jackson looked up at a TV playing 1983’s Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, the third film in the original Star Wars trilogy.
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 14 July 2025
But since she was killed off in the original, wouldn’t that be difficult to justify?
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 13 July 2025
Gilmore lining up his decisive putt in the original film.
—Brooks Peck, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The beloved stage and screen actress, who voiced Mrs. Potts in the original film, died in 2022, shortly after the closing of the West End revival on which this tour is based.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
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Hannah Sacks, People.com, 14 July 2025
But since she was killed off in the original, wouldn’t that be difficult to justify?
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 13 July 2025
Gilmore lining up his decisive putt in the original film.
—Brooks Peck, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The beloved stage and screen actress, who voiced Mrs. Potts in the original film, died in 2022, shortly after the closing of the West End revival on which this tour is based.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
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“In the original.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20original. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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