as in to modify
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 recast
This past week, Trump tried to recast the very nature of crime.
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Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
The role Yulin was supposed to play, Linus, will likely be recast.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 June 2025
Consequently, local police have been recast as front-line warriors.
—Abigail R. Hall, Twin Cities, 11 June 2025
Now, Grosvenor Square is being recast for a post-American age.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 June 2025
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Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
The role Yulin was supposed to play, Linus, will likely be recast.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 June 2025
Consequently, local police have been recast as front-line warriors.
—Abigail R. Hall, Twin Cities, 11 June 2025
Now, Grosvenor Square is being recast for a post-American age.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recast
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If a married filing joint taxpayers modified AGI exceeds $600,000, the SALT cap would be $10,000.—
Lynn Mucenski Keck,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Most humanoid robots are expensive, hard to modify, and difficult to repair.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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How did this new format change the industry program’s attendance so far?—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
5 July 2025
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The petals of flowers will change depending on how basic or acidic the soil is.—
Dr. Nick Goltz,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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The 12,000-square-foot church was constructed in the early 1900s and remodeled by Denver architect William Muchow, Goldblatt said.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
4 July 2025
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Cars and more cars Many of the cars that finished first at the Indy 500 are arranged like debutantes lit by soft spotlights beneath the new mezzanine and on the lower level — the museum's once-exclusive basement that has been remodeled and is now included with general admission.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Decreasing the available calories isn’t the only way climate change is altering food, however.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
28 June 2025
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With compounded drugs, licensed pharmacists alter, mix or combine ingredients of a drug to customize medicines.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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The Senate is also still sorting through rulings over the weekend that threaten the bill’s filibuster protections: Efforts to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and to shift some SNAP aid to states are among the items getting urgently reworked.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
23 June 2025
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The front fascia has been completely reworked and features a more prominent grille bookended by a pair of razor-thin headlights sitting atop large air scoops.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
19 June 2025
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One proposal being out forward by the experts is to transform the DGCA into an independent, oversight body along the lines of U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority.—
Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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The effort is following in the footsteps of the Lake Effect project that was launched in 2013 and brought around 40 artists to the Miller Beach Arts & Creative District to transform 19 walls and alleys into canvases.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recast. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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