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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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.
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Melinda Haas, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
If artists were making figurative work, that renewed impulse and allure only spoke to an urgent need to process just how thoroughly ordinary life was already permeated, and recast, by artifice and invention.
—Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Melora Hardin, who'd already shot a number of scenes as protagonist Marty McFly's girlfriend Jennifer Parker, was ultimately recast by Claudia Wells after being deemed too tall for Fox.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Nov. 2025
Created by Jean-Baptiste Delafon and directed by Jessica Palud, the six-episode drama not only makes Merteuil its protagonist, but also supplies backstory that recasts her as less a monster than a wounded woman fighting for the same freedom men enjoy.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
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Melinda Haas, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2025
If artists were making figurative work, that renewed impulse and allure only spoke to an urgent need to process just how thoroughly ordinary life was already permeated, and recast, by artifice and invention.
—Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Melora Hardin, who'd already shot a number of scenes as protagonist Marty McFly's girlfriend Jennifer Parker, was ultimately recast by Claudia Wells after being deemed too tall for Fox.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Nov. 2025
Created by Jean-Baptiste Delafon and directed by Jessica Palud, the six-episode drama not only makes Merteuil its protagonist, but also supplies backstory that recasts her as less a monster than a wounded woman fighting for the same freedom men enjoy.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recast. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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recast
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re·cast
(ˈ)rē-ˈkast 
recast; recasting
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