recasts

present tense third-person singular of recast

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of recasts The new edition recasts all 10 songs from the original through a more intimate lens, with Carlile returning to Long Pond Studio in upstate New York to co-produce four tracks with the National’s Aaron Dessner. Spin Staff, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2026 The Penelopiad recasts the women as a chorus, with each interrupting Penelope’s account in a different poetic form. Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026 Sarnoski’s version likewise recasts the female character as a benevolent force, and is largely stripped of romance — though permits itself a streak of sentimentality in a subplot concerning the grizzled outlaw’s gentle bond with a young girl. Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 June 2026 The word — so often a diabolical four-letter dismissal — recasts precision as excess, ambition as ego, obsession as spectacle. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 The group recasts these songs with somber, chant-like harmonies and sparse backing—drums, keys, and electric guitar. Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026 Dior recasts the classic bloom in modern fashion—less powder room, more playful. Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026 And the patchwork style of Brij Sadanah’s direction enhances the colorfully over-the-top story, which recasts Wuthering Heights as a sensationalistic revenge drama. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026 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. Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recasts
Verb
  • An agent that calls the wrong API or modifies the wrong record creates consequences a hallucinated sentence simply cannot.
    Hemant Kashyap, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • So the team fed AlphaFold versions of a target DNA sequence, along with a guide RNA, the Cas9 sequence, and an enzyme that chemically modifies bases and can stick to Cas9.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • More than just structural support For decades, scientists have known that bone provides support, stores minerals and continuously remodels itself.
    Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • But whether the settlement fundamentally alters the business of one of the world’s most powerful tech giants remains an open question.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Sodium dithionite primarily alters the dyes’ chromophores, reducing their visible color without fully breaking the bonds connecting the dyes to cellulose.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Set in the 1950s, Juul follows 17-year-old circus acrobat Juul, whose life changes forever after a tragic accident leaves her in a coma and declared brain-dead.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Bringing that kind of creative firepower into both Nateland and No Pictures changes what’s possible for us.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • New this year is the Paddock Building, which reworks the saddling area with new dining and social spaces overlooking the Saddling Paddock and Stakes Winner's Circle, worth a look even on a day without racing.
    Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Snooz reworks that moment so the treat aligns with the goal of actually falling asleep afterward.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • How this potent mix of pollutants transforms over time and distance is a complex puzzle.
    Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Recasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recasts. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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