remold

verb

re·mold (ˌ)rē-ˈmōld

variants US remold or chiefly British remould

remolded; remolding

transitive verb

: to mold (something or someone) again : reshape

heat used to remold plastic

… the idea that humans can be remoulded by their environment …—

Ed West

A once preppy college is remolding itself, and today almost 25 percent of the students … are minorities.—

S. Reeves

Examples of remold in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Just as glass and metal can be melted down and remolded into new products, synthetic fabrics like polyester can be melted into plastic pellets and turned back into fibers. —

Nicolás Rivero, Washington Post, 5 July 2024 In spite of its melodramatic structure, which the film’s producers applied as a way to remold its timely, social-realist subject matter, the film slyly sidesteps generic formulas and flies in the face of feminine heroine archetypes. —

Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 1 July 2024 This shift is remolding both the economy and society: Saudi women are becoming a source of tremendous economic potential and a visible and powerful presence across public life in the kingdom. —

Jennifer Peck, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2024 Over the next half century, Americans sought to remold Cuba to their taste and convenience. —

Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021 See all Example Sentences for remold

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