remold

verb

re·​mold (ˌ)rē-ˈmōld How to pronounce remold (audio)
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

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Cleveland reflected the Taft administration’s approach of wanting to remold the government without animosity toward federal workers specifically or the government more broadly. Laura Ellyn Smith, The Conversation, 9 May 2025 Noem remolded her body in the image of the women with whom Trump surrounds himself. Constance Grady, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025 Trump has used executive actions to remold the global economy. Josh Boak and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025 With Ayres’ hands at the mallets, the vibes were remolded into a tool of spacy musical exploration. Karina Tsui, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for remold

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of remold was in 1600

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“Remold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remold. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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