reconfigure
verb
re·con·fig·ure
(ˌ)rē-kən-ˈfi-gyər 
especially British -ˈfi-gə
reconfigured; reconfiguring; reconfigures
: to rearrange (something) into an altered form, figure, shape, or layout : to configure (something) again or in a new way
Back in the business end of the airplane, built-in features allow the single loadmaster to reconfigure the cargo bay for different types of loads in under an hour in flight.—
Richard DeMeis
Richard DeMeisNeuroimaging suggested that his brain had essentially reconfigured itself—surviving neurons bypassed dead ones and forged new connections to one another.—Jeneen Interlandi
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Prominent centrists such as Bloomberg and Suozzi previously supported Cuomo in his shocking loss in the June Democratic primary to Mamdani, who reconfigured the race to focus on affordability.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Gigantic magnetic bubbles also break free from the Sun as the solar magnetic field reconfigures, launching up to fifty billion tons of plasma into interplanetary space.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
To symbolize this united centrist front, adherents of The Change fly American flags that have been reconfigured to place the field of stars smack in the middle of the stripes.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
During the shutdown, the Republican president has used the funding lapse to punish Democrats, tried to lay off thousands of federal workers and seized on the vacuum left by Congress to reconfigure the federal budget for his priorities, The Associated Press reported.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Gigantic magnetic bubbles also break free from the Sun as the solar magnetic field reconfigures, launching up to fifty billion tons of plasma into interplanetary space.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
To symbolize this united centrist front, adherents of The Change fly American flags that have been reconfigured to place the field of stars smack in the middle of the stripes.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
During the shutdown, the Republican president has used the funding lapse to punish Democrats, tried to lay off thousands of federal workers and seized on the vacuum left by Congress to reconfigure the federal budget for his priorities, The Associated Press reported.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Reconfigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconfigure. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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