restructure
verb
re·struc·ture
(ˌ)rē-ˈstrək-chər 
restructured; restructuring; restructures
: to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of
restructure a business
: to restructure something
Examples of restructure in a Sentence
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The college is restructuring its Humanities Department.
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The layoffs add to Hollywood’s ongoing workforce reductions, with Sony Pictures also announcing significant cuts as media companies restructure amid industrywide pressures.
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The company attributed the closure to Six Flags' ongoing efforts to restructure and address ongoing debt.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Musk is seeking more than $150 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing that OpenAI defrauded him as a donor by restructuring the business away from its nonprofit roots.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The firm says it was deceived again in June 2022, when IQHQ restructured and moved investor interests into a Delaware limited partnership structure.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
The company attributed the closure to Six Flags' ongoing efforts to restructure and address ongoing debt.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Musk is seeking more than $150 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing that OpenAI defrauded him as a donor by restructuring the business away from its nonprofit roots.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The firm says it was deceived again in June 2022, when IQHQ restructured and moved investor interests into a Delaware limited partnership structure.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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restructure
verb
re·struc·ture
rē-ˈstrək-chər
: to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of
Legal Definition
restructure
verb
re·struc·ture
ˌrē-ˈstrək-chər
restructured; restructuring
: to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of
restructure a corporation
companies trying to restructure their debt—Claudia MacLachlan
Claudia MacLachlan
: to restructure something
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