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as in restores
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 plays
to engage in activity for amusement
an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century
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or recreates
as in reconstructs
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 recreates
John Hopewell,
Variety,
18 June 2026
So while the race to produce generative video models of higher fidelity will continue, the real arms race that will matter next is which of these tools that leverage all available models is easiest to use and best recreates the feelings of actually making movies.
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Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
Gage’s version recreates the speech in a Southern dialect, which Truth almost certainly never used.
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Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Instead of a Buffy-like television show, however, this one recreates a fictional slasher franchise called Camp Miasma, a typical homicidal-maniac-versus-horny-teens-in-the-woods series that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Friday the 13th movies.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
The series recreates ordinary Soviet life from the period with painstaking detail and spares no one and nothing in its criticisms of what led to the disaster and how it was handled.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
TikTok recreates this dynamic, but replaces network scheduling with algorithmic curation.
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Jessica Maddox,
The Conversation,
14 May 2026
This delicate piece features embroidery that recreates hair tentacles, like a macabre bride marrying the natural world to Surrealism.
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Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
These two sections meet, in a sense, in Blue Heron’s moving and surprising climax, which recreates a core scene from Romvari’s childhood — or at least seems to, on the surface.
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David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
John Hopewell,
Variety,
18 June 2026
So while the race to produce generative video models of higher fidelity will continue, the real arms race that will matter next is which of these tools that leverage all available models is easiest to use and best recreates the feelings of actually making movies.
—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
Game Studio re-creates the game in the fictional Beta and runs players through the shocking announcement that sends the community in a panic.
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Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
Gage’s version recreates the speech in a Southern dialect, which Truth almost certainly never used.
—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Instead of a Buffy-like television show, however, this one recreates a fictional slasher franchise called Camp Miasma, a typical homicidal-maniac-versus-horny-teens-in-the-woods series that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Friday the 13th movies.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
Their pavilion, created by the Saudi Palestinian artist Dana Awartani, re-creates beautiful floor mosaics from sites in Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon, all destroyed over the past 15 years.
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Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
The series recreates ordinary Soviet life from the period with painstaking detail and spares no one and nothing in its criticisms of what led to the disaster and how it was handled.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
TikTok recreates this dynamic, but replaces network scheduling with algorithmic curation.
—
Jessica Maddox,
The Conversation,
14 May 2026
Verb
Both are drawn from Spanish auteurist designer Jaime Hayon’s arresting sense of design – a protagonist with a beak nose, shiny colors, an avoidance of sharp angles – which recreates over a century of Spanish design and architecture.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
18 June 2026
So while the race to produce generative video models of higher fidelity will continue, the real arms race that will matter next is which of these tools that leverage all available models is easiest to use and best recreates the feelings of actually making movies.
—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
Gage’s version recreates the speech in a Southern dialect, which Truth almost certainly never used.
—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Instead of a Buffy-like television show, however, this one recreates a fictional slasher franchise called Camp Miasma, a typical homicidal-maniac-versus-horny-teens-in-the-woods series that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Friday the 13th movies.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
The series recreates ordinary Soviet life from the period with painstaking detail and spares no one and nothing in its criticisms of what led to the disaster and how it was handled.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
TikTok recreates this dynamic, but replaces network scheduling with algorithmic curation.
—
Jessica Maddox,
The Conversation,
14 May 2026
This delicate piece features embroidery that recreates hair tentacles, like a macabre bride marrying the natural world to Surrealism.
—
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
These two sections meet, in a sense, in Blue Heron’s moving and surprising climax, which recreates a core scene from Romvari’s childhood — or at least seems to, on the surface.
—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
Both are drawn from Spanish auteurist designer Jaime Hayon’s arresting sense of design – a protagonist with a beak nose, shiny colors, an avoidance of sharp angles – which recreates over a century of Spanish design and architecture.
—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
18 June 2026
So while the race to produce generative video models of higher fidelity will continue, the real arms race that will matter next is which of these tools that leverage all available models is easiest to use and best recreates the feelings of actually making movies.
—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
Game Studio re-creates the game in the fictional Beta and runs players through the shocking announcement that sends the community in a panic.
—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
Gage’s version recreates the speech in a Southern dialect, which Truth almost certainly never used.
—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Instead of a Buffy-like television show, however, this one recreates a fictional slasher franchise called Camp Miasma, a typical homicidal-maniac-versus-horny-teens-in-the-woods series that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Friday the 13th movies.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
Their pavilion, created by the Saudi Palestinian artist Dana Awartani, re-creates beautiful floor mosaics from sites in Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon, all destroyed over the past 15 years.
—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
The series recreates ordinary Soviet life from the period with painstaking detail and spares no one and nothing in its criticisms of what led to the disaster and how it was handled.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
TikTok recreates this dynamic, but replaces network scheduling with algorithmic curation.
—
Jessica Maddox,
The Conversation,
14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recreates
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What the collection restores is the density and texture that caricature could strip away.
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Moving through your available range of motion repeatedly — rather than holding a stretch — restores that blood flow and primes your joints for the activation exercises that follow.
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Speaking of that last vampire subject, this is also a great episode for Jacob Anderson in the B-plot, as Louis plays the reluctant avenger doing that loveable scoundrel Raglan James’s dirty work in two stand-out action sequences.
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The stadium is sure to be full again on Thursday, too, when the Netherlands plays Tunisia.
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Sophisticated error-correction software reconstructs the original message as many photons are lost.
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Combining reflections with love letters with poetry, this strange amalgam reconstructs the author’s days as a college champ.
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The measure revives a 2022 phaseout that was thrown out by a judge.
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There will not be a quick turnaround that revives sustainability reporting.
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For Rodriguez, the property represents the realization of a childhood dream that shaped not only the architecture of the home but also how the couple entertains and lives.
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Moe entertains far grander dreams.
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The Core collection revisits the silhouettes that were central to the brand’s history, updating them with materials, colors and proportions designed for today.
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Also in this week’s Screen Gab, our streaming recommendations include a series of brief historical videos that honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and a Netflix documentary that revisits Michael Jackson’s 2005 child molestation trial.
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The high vamp perfectly refreshes the nostalgic trend, and the color selection is so fresh and fun.
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Your 4th House of Home and Family refreshes as the New Moon encourages gentle improvements that protect comfort and support your sensitive system.
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The process repeats until a clear winner emerges with a majority of the vote.
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History repeats itself A similar scenario is unfolding today.
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