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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In July, Deadline reported that Boston Blue recast the role of Sean with Mika Amonsen, with a source noting the decision stemmed from a new creative direction for the character, pursuing his family’s career path in law enforcement.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2025
Per Sullivan will not be returning as Dewey, though, and his character was recast, with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark stepping in to play Dewey, while Anthony Timpano will play the family's youngest son, fifth child Jamie.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Young closes with a loose rendering of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, recasting the progression from hell to Paradise as an inward struggle to cope with irrevocable loss.
—The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
By moving away from a traditional law enforcement framework and recasting terrorism as an act of war, the Reagan administration situated the issue within the broader realm of Cold War geopolitics and military advantage.
—Melinda Haas, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2025
Per Sullivan will not be returning as Dewey, though, and his character was recast, with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark stepping in to play Dewey, while Anthony Timpano will play the family's youngest son, fifth child Jamie.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Young closes with a loose rendering of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, recasting the progression from hell to Paradise as an inward struggle to cope with irrevocable loss.
—The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
By moving away from a traditional law enforcement framework and recasting terrorism as an act of war, the Reagan administration situated the issue within the broader realm of Cold War geopolitics and military advantage.
—Melinda Haas, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recast. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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re·cast
(ˈ)rē-ˈkast 
recast; recasting
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