refashion

verb

re·fash·ion | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈfa-shən

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refashioned; refashioning; refashions

Definition of refashion

transitive verb

: remake, alter

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refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook

Recent Examples on the Web That movement, which eventually hardened into a formidable coalition, has been rocked by insurgent waves over the decades; now Trump and his followers could once again refashion it into something very new. — Kevin Mahnken, The New Republic, "Mitt Romney’s Party of One," 12 Feb. 2021 Now, the city needs a plan for what to build on the site, part of a growing effort to refashion the industrial downtown riverfront into a destination for visitors, tourists and residents. — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, "Army Corps to give riverfront land near closed lock and dam to city of Minneapolis," 29 Dec. 2020 Solesbee’s hospital, like many around the country, has had to refashion many floors into COVID-19 units. — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, "America Is Running Out of Nurses," 15 Dec. 2020 As proposed, the Padres and its development partners, Tishman Speyer and Ascendant Capital Partners, are looking to refashion the asphalt area into a commercial office hub now being referred to as East Village Quarter. — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, "City ready to formalize talks with Padres for sale of Tailgate Park," 28 Oct. 2020 Figuring out how to refashion the companies remains the largest single piece of unfinished business from the 2008 financial crisis. — Andrew Ackerman, WSJ, "Where Trump and Biden Stand on Mortgage Finance," 8 Oct. 2020 The winning group’s $1.4 billion project proposal seeks to refashion the asphalt area bounded by 12th and Imperial avenues, and K and 14th streets into a commercial office hub now being referred to as East Village Quarter. — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, "In bid for Tailgate Park, Padres beat Brookfield with $1.4B, office-focused proposal," 23 Sep. 2020 In a consumer landscape dominated by Covid-19, the CEO has been accelerating a drive to refashion a company better known for food and drink brands such as Stouffer’s ready-meals and Nespresso coffee. — Corinne Gretler, Bloomberg.com, "Nestle CEO Schneider Sees Health Sales Doubling by Next Year," 18 Sep. 2020 Lacking a cohesive vision, Democrats failed to refashion the formidable coalition of labor unions, religious organizations and civil rights groups from the 1960s. — Washington Post, "How Reagan captured the presidency, and the right captured politics," 28 Aug. 2020

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“Refashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refashion. Accessed 1 Mar. 2021.

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