Examples of recast in a Sentence
The director decided to recast the movie with unknowns.
When she quit the movie, I was recast in the leading role.
The director recast some of the actors in the play.
You should recast the last sentence in your essay to make it clearer.
He recast his political image to fit the times.
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At fashion’s flagship sustainability conference, the industry doubled down on circularity, recasting sustainability as a business problem and pushing workers to the margins of the conversation.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Absentee voting began in March, and while votes in most races will still count, ballots cast in the affected congressional districts will be voided and recast under the new election schedule.
—Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2026
The new name, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, aims to recast the disorder as a complex hormonal imbalance that affects metabolism as well as reproduction.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 12 May 2026
Traits once seen as stabilizing — empathy, humility, shame — are recast as liabilities in a world that prizes speed, dominance and certainty.
—Sarah Davanzo, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Absentee voting began in March, and while votes in most races will still count, ballots cast in the affected congressional districts will be voided and recast under the new election schedule.
—Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 12 May 2026
The new name, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, aims to recast the disorder as a complex hormonal imbalance that affects metabolism as well as reproduction.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 12 May 2026
Traits once seen as stabilizing — empathy, humility, shame — are recast as liabilities in a world that prizes speed, dominance and certainty.
—Sarah Davanzo, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recast. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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re·cast
(ˈ)rē-ˈkast 
recast; recasting
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