reframe
verb
re·frame
(ˌ)rē-ˈfrām 
reframed; reframing
: to frame (something) again and often in a different way
Tom, a seasoned renovator, … reframed the crooked doorways …—
Gillian Barth
Gillian BarthThe more lines of discoloration there are near the frame edges (from where the mounting paper has been exposed to light), the more times the silhouette has probably been reframed.—Carolyn B. Noyes
Carolyn B. Noyes… deftly reframes the debate, asserting that the war was never about W.M.D.s but about transforming the political dynamic of the region …—Yoni Brenner
Yoni Brenner… cognitive-behavioral therapy, in which patients slowly expose themselves to the places and circumstances that frighten them and reframe the catastrophic thinking that torments them.—Jeffrey Kluger
Jeffrey KlugerAll failures are reframed as "good tries."—Jon Krause
Jon KrauseExamples of reframe in a Sentence
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Financial concerns are forcing them to reframe what's possible and sometimes choose one goal over another.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
But sometimes stress is too overwhelming and reframing doesn’t work.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
Leaders who embrace it — by giving agency, reframing emotions and designing for imagination — are closer to breeding resilience and innovation.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The Heritage Trail reframes a place once imagined in minarets and myth, now made newly legible through restoration, storytelling, and design.
—Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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Elena Moore, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
But sometimes stress is too overwhelming and reframing doesn’t work.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
Leaders who embrace it — by giving agency, reframing emotions and designing for imagination — are closer to breeding resilience and innovation.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
The Heritage Trail reframes a place once imagined in minarets and myth, now made newly legible through restoration, storytelling, and design.
—Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reframe
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“Reframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reframe. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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