RE CASTING Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

recasting

verb

present participle of recast

as in modifying

to make different in some way once he recast the question in different terms, I understood what he was asking

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Recent Examples of recasting Arc’teryx Equipment, the technical high-performance apparel and equipment brand, is recasting traditional product design and manufacturing into a more circular process. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026 It was announced shortly thereafter that Amazon and Sony, which is co-producing, were recasting the part. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026 On that note, there’s been no mention thus far of recasting Wolverine after Hugh Jackman’s legendary run as the iconic X-Men hero. — Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026 The surfaces continue to change as the button keeps on getting pushed, placing and recasting Diana, Lalo and The King in new contexts, each vaguely modelled on different film genres and with varying levels of playful artifice. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026 According to Deadline, Henry grew older and developed some athletic skills that required recasting. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Xi Jinping’s description of AI development as a symphony, rather than a solo performance, sounds suspiciously like soft-power language, recasting Beijing as the inclusive convenor of countries that Western institutions have often neglected. — Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Recounts often vary from initial vote tallies by a few votes because of operator error recasting the ballot and because voters’ markings on ballots are sometimes unclear to the machine — think hanging chad, only the Scantron version. — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 7 July 2026 As some familiar faces went up against Ghostface in Scream 7, one character underwent a recasting after 25 years. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for recasting

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The bill, easily passed in a 370-48 vote, extends the African Growth and Opportunity Act for two more years without modifying it.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Context Preservation Capture and preserve comprehensive customer context across all platforms before modifying internal employee workflows.

— Jerry Haywood, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of modifying

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Doing the math, that leaves two other units with residents who will have a say since allowing the foundation to take over the entire space would require changing the co-op’s bylaws, Richards said.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
Asked about their firm’s primary hurdle in managing the current trade landscape, the vast majority (57 percent) said policy uncertainty, like tariffs changing with little notice, as their foremost challenge.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of changing

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In other words, this is about challenging students to think for themselves before introducing the life-altering capabilities of artificial intelligence into the equation.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Among the casualties are riders who suffered life-altering disabilities, fell into comas and two who died of their injuries.

— Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of altering

Verb

Rather than reworking dishes every few weeks, the kitchen lets the produce dictate the experience.

— Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Pentagon officials, in other words, need to focus on reworking how the military trains, deploys, and enables AI systems—and not just on engineering or buying them.

— Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of reworking

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It’s gotten there by largely avoiding the trap of remaking the original story, in which an astronaut (Heston) crash-lands on a mysterious world in which apes are the dominant species and humans are subjugated, nonverbal creatures.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
From Carlsbad to Malibu to Santa Cruz, erosion is already remaking the maps of popular beaches in dramatic ways.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of remaking

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The couple first tried for locations in Chicago and San Francisco and finally ended up in Exposition Park, taking over land that was once parking lots and transforming it into a futuristic museum that has been likened to a spaceship.

— Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Boise has been transforming its airport over the last few years, including by building employee parking and shifting the cell phone waiting lot from the airport’s campus to a lot near Curtis and Victory roads.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026

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