reformulate

verb

re·​for·​mu·​late (ˌ)rē-ˈfȯr-myə-ˌlāt How to pronounce reformulate (audio)
reformulated; reformulating; reformulates

transitive verb

: to formulate (something) again and usually in a different way
… the company reformulated its … vegetable oil from a sunflower and soybean oil blend to canola.Alexis Beck
… a number of prepared questions may be designed with a specific interviewee in mind, but they are often reformulated during the course of the interview …Andrew Herod
reformulation noun
plural reformulations
The company has been channeling funds toward … reformulation of existing products to meet the rapidly changing taste of consumers pertaining to health and wellness. Zacks Investment Research

Examples of reformulate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web New rules could impact thousands of existing fragrances that would need to be reformulated to be sold in Europe and other countries or states that may follow EU standards as California has done before. Pia Velasco, Allure, 9 Jan. 2024 Other companies are taking more creative approaches to patenting psychedelics, such as reformulating them as dissolvable lozenges or films — or combining LSD and ecstasy into a combination pill. Matthew Perrone, Quartz, 5 Feb. 2024 Currently, health systems around the globe battle the seasonal scourge with shots that have to be reformulated each year to match circulating strains. Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 16 May 2023 Thus, scientists reformulate the vaccine each year to keep up with the changing virus. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 23 Nov. 2023 Makers of oral decongestants and cold remedies reformulated their products to contain phenylephrine, sold as Sudafed PE, among others, instead of pseudoephedrine. Randy Hatton, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2023 Their objective was to explore whether band theory—which researchers use to consider the energy levels of materials and the atoms that they’re made of—could be reformulated to explain hyperbolic materials, which have irregular, warped arrangements. Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 6 Dec. 2023 Modern mathematicians can use contact manifolds to reformulate theories about how light behaves and about the way water flows through space. geometry A Fight to Fix Geometry’s Foundations Results about three-dimensional contact manifolds frequently come back to spheres. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023 The stars also proposed reformulating how actors earn streaming residuals. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reformulate was in 1869

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“Reformulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reformulate. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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