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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 recasts
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Xiaolu Guo recasts Ishmael as a 17-year-old girl disguised as a cabin boy and Ahab as a Black freedman named Seneca, haunted by his father’s legacy of enslavement.
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Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
Created by Jean-Baptiste Delafon and directed by Jessica Palud, the six-episode drama not only makes Merteuil its protagonist, but also supplies backstory that recasts her as less a monster than a wounded woman fighting for the same freedom men enjoy.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
The political climate in Oz has grown dark, and at the center of the moral erosion stands Madame Morrible (played with chilling precision by Michelle Yeoh), who orchestrates a propaganda campaign that recasts Elphaba as the Wicked Witch.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
Her work recasts Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces with Black protagonists, reclaiming a space in Western art history that has long excluded the Black experience.
—Yola Robert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The style, which launched at the end of March, recasts the Gazelle with a natural crepe sole and a silk base embossed with tonal Clot iconography.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
Created by Jean-Baptiste Delafon and directed by Jessica Palud, the six-episode drama not only makes Merteuil its protagonist, but also supplies backstory that recasts her as less a monster than a wounded woman fighting for the same freedom men enjoy.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
The political climate in Oz has grown dark, and at the center of the moral erosion stands Madame Morrible (played with chilling precision by Michelle Yeoh), who orchestrates a propaganda campaign that recasts Elphaba as the Wicked Witch.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
Her work recasts Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces with Black protagonists, reclaiming a space in Western art history that has long excluded the Black experience.
—Yola Robert, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The style, which launched at the end of March, recasts the Gazelle with a natural crepe sole and a silk base embossed with tonal Clot iconography.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recasts
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Under the Healthy Indiana Plan, the bill modifies work and exemption requirements and requires the conditions to be met in the three preceding months before an individual applies.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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The second option retains the existing median, modifies on-street parking and expands sidewalk width on both sides.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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The push in beauty comes at a time when Walmart is doubling down on the style category, giving beauty, fashion and home prime real estate adjacent to the highly trafficked grocery or pharmacy departments in about 100 stores, with more to be added as the company remodels existing formats.—
Jenny B. Fine,
Footwear News,
23 Dec. 2025
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The research explains that the breast remodels itself to prepare for nursing — and then when nursing is over, remodels itself again through a process called involution.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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On the other hand, chronic sleep deprivation impairs attention, disrupts decision-making and alters the hormones that regulate appetite and metabolism.—
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
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Industrial applications now account for more than half of total silver consumption, a shift that fundamentally alters how the metal responds to economic conditions.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the National University of Singapore now report a method that changes those constraints.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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That fundamentally changes the risk profile of building a business alone.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The design reworks the Gel-Quantum 360 I AMP’s entire upper, stripping away the mesh and suede overlays for a nearly one-piece construction.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Most of her fabrics come from the British cloth merchant Dugdale, which reworks archival fabrics from the mid-19th century, and operates in Huddersfield, in the North of England.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
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With the intention of furthering conversation and community among guests, the series transforms Arlo Hotels’ communal spaces into cultural destinations to make contemporary art more accessible to locals and tourists aline.—
Emma Kershaw,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The image, taken by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls, transforms a familiar sight into a beacon of celebration as the nation begins its yearlong observance of America's anniversary.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Recasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recasts. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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