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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Busfield has called the allegations an act of retaliation after the boys were recast on the show.
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
Stein alleges the parents of the child actors blamed Busfield when their sons were recast in 2024 and wanted revenge.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
The McCarthyist Red Scare recast the socially conscious and figurative art of the 1930s in the light of Soviet socialist realism.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
With many original cast members returning (except Erik Per Sullivan’s Dewey, now recast with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark), Kiana Madeira joins as Malcolm’s girlfriend Tristan, while Keeley Karsten plays his similarly genius-neurotic daughter Leah.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2026
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
Stein alleges the parents of the child actors blamed Busfield when their sons were recast in 2024 and wanted revenge.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
The McCarthyist Red Scare recast the socially conscious and figurative art of the 1930s in the light of Soviet socialist realism.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
With many original cast members returning (except Erik Per Sullivan’s Dewey, now recast with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark), Kiana Madeira joins as Malcolm’s girlfriend Tristan, while Keeley Karsten plays his similarly genius-neurotic daughter Leah.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recast. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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re·cast
(ˈ)rē-ˈkast 
recast; recasting
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