1
as in restoring
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened
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as in playing
to engage in activity for amusement
an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century
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or recreating
as in reconstructing
to make (something) exist or appear to exist again
The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions. The performers re-create famous Civil War battles.
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Recent Examples of recreating
Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
Forte_Forte staged a fancy presentation recreating a Parisian boudoir, replete with towers of Champagne cups and highly photogenic sweet treats.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Though the houses are all very different, depicting different time periods and living styles, an emphasis is often put on maintaining the room in which the writer wrote, recreating it, or presenting a composite version of many different rooms the writer may have worked in throughout their lives.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
They can also be seen recreating their emotional dance from the first film and both dancing with the Wizard.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
The National Lightning Safety Council recommends that people monitor weather conditions when recreating in the backcountry and seek a safe place immediately if the sky appears threatening or thunder is heard.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Lately, one heartwarming thing in Aniston’s life has been receiving photos of her friends’ families recreating banana pancakes from Cook with Clydeo.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Ensuring authenticity, the team worked closely with Saiful Islam as research advisor, with plans to involve artisans and fashion houses in recreating muslin’s legacy on screen.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
Without clarity, organizations risk recreating inefficiencies and adding even more complexity.
—Carl D'halluin, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
However, Hiro, who counts Bradley Cooper, Gary Oldman and Charlize Theron as some of his most iconic transformations, says recreating Kerr’s prominent brow bone on Johnson was the most challenging prosthetic.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
By re-creating the relevant latent representations, and not the missing pixels of earlier systems, the model learns to see the cars on the road and not fuss about the leaves on the trees.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
That process of recreating the set took only about an hour, which gave Cameron the freedom for easy reshoots and pickup lines.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
Forte_Forte staged a fancy presentation recreating a Parisian boudoir, replete with towers of Champagne cups and highly photogenic sweet treats.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Though the houses are all very different, depicting different time periods and living styles, an emphasis is often put on maintaining the room in which the writer wrote, recreating it, or presenting a composite version of many different rooms the writer may have worked in throughout their lives.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
They can also be seen recreating their emotional dance from the first film and both dancing with the Wizard.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Armisen spent about a year re-creating dozens of highly specific scenarios in recording studios in Los Angeles and Ireland.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
That process of recreating the set took only about an hour, which gave Cameron the freedom for easy reshoots and pickup lines.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
Forte_Forte staged a fancy presentation recreating a Parisian boudoir, replete with towers of Champagne cups and highly photogenic sweet treats.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Though the houses are all very different, depicting different time periods and living styles, an emphasis is often put on maintaining the room in which the writer wrote, recreating it, or presenting a composite version of many different rooms the writer may have worked in throughout their lives.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
They can also be seen recreating their emotional dance from the first film and both dancing with the Wizard.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
The National Lightning Safety Council recommends that people monitor weather conditions when recreating in the backcountry and seek a safe place immediately if the sky appears threatening or thunder is heard.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Lately, one heartwarming thing in Aniston’s life has been receiving photos of her friends’ families recreating banana pancakes from Cook with Clydeo.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Ensuring authenticity, the team worked closely with Saiful Islam as research advisor, with plans to involve artisans and fashion houses in recreating muslin’s legacy on screen.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
Without clarity, organizations risk recreating inefficiencies and adding even more complexity.
—Carl D'halluin, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
New York’s 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act is re-creating the conditions under which landlords’ expenses outpace their rental income.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
However, Hiro, who counts Bradley Cooper, Gary Oldman and Charlize Theron as some of his most iconic transformations, says recreating Kerr’s prominent brow bone on Johnson was the most challenging prosthetic.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
By re-creating the relevant latent representations, and not the missing pixels of earlier systems, the model learns to see the cars on the road and not fuss about the leaves on the trees.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
That process of recreating the set took only about an hour, which gave Cameron the freedom for easy reshoots and pickup lines.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
Forte_Forte staged a fancy presentation recreating a Parisian boudoir, replete with towers of Champagne cups and highly photogenic sweet treats.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Though the houses are all very different, depicting different time periods and living styles, an emphasis is often put on maintaining the room in which the writer wrote, recreating it, or presenting a composite version of many different rooms the writer may have worked in throughout their lives.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
They can also be seen recreating their emotional dance from the first film and both dancing with the Wizard.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Armisen spent about a year re-creating dozens of highly specific scenarios in recording studios in Los Angeles and Ireland.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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