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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
Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
From 10,000 fans packing Town Square for homecoming rallies to alumni recreating Carroll’s original championship sign, the city’s investment runs deep.
—Charles Baggarly
october 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
Ryan and Crystal also reunited earlier this year, recreating their iconic Katz’s Deli scene for Hellmann's Super Bowl ad.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Rachel has now taken her love of puzzles off the island by launching her own puzzle company with partner Ryan Plaisted (who is known for recreating Survivor puzzles himself with Vexzle).
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
The filmmaker previously spoke out against the use of her father’s voice for AI in 2023, when recreating a person’s image or voice without their approval was one of the top concerns during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 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
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
Cory Turner, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
From 10,000 fans packing Town Square for homecoming rallies to alumni recreating Carroll’s original championship sign, the city’s investment runs deep.
—Charles Baggarly
october 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
Ryan and Crystal also reunited earlier this year, recreating their iconic Katz’s Deli scene for Hellmann's Super Bowl ad.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Rachel has now taken her love of puzzles off the island by launching her own puzzle company with partner Ryan Plaisted (who is known for recreating Survivor puzzles himself with Vexzle).
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
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
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Roelofs, who published her findings in a paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, has now proved this by recreating the gully formation process in a laboratory setting.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
From 10,000 fans packing Town Square for homecoming rallies to alumni recreating Carroll’s original championship sign, the city’s investment runs deep.
—Charles Baggarly
october 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
Ryan and Crystal also reunited earlier this year, recreating their iconic Katz’s Deli scene for Hellmann's Super Bowl ad.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Rachel has now taken her love of puzzles off the island by launching her own puzzle company with partner Ryan Plaisted (who is known for recreating Survivor puzzles himself with Vexzle).
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
The filmmaker previously spoke out against the use of her father’s voice for AI in 2023, when recreating a person’s image or voice without their approval was one of the top concerns during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 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
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
Verb
The museum explores the American experience by re-creating the apartments of real immigrant, migrant and African American families in New York City from the 1860s through the 1980s.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
From 10,000 fans packing Town Square for homecoming rallies to alumni recreating Carroll’s original championship sign, the city’s investment runs deep.
—Charles Baggarly
october 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025
Ryan and Crystal also reunited earlier this year, recreating their iconic Katz’s Deli scene for Hellmann's Super Bowl ad.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Rachel has now taken her love of puzzles off the island by launching her own puzzle company with partner Ryan Plaisted (who is known for recreating Survivor puzzles himself with Vexzle).
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
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
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