redefining

present participle of redefine

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Recent Examples of redefining Related On the 10-track set, Santiler, a former 2025 Billboard On the Radar Latin artist, seamlessly navigates from alternative to jazz to electronic, while fearlessly redefining Latin pop music. — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026 The two series, which are free and open to the public, offer complementary perspectives on leadership and innovation — one from those who have shaped industries and the other from those actively redefining them. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 As the world considers redefining the precise length of a second, Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies has delivered a new contender for the ultimate master timekeeper. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026 The restaurant's eponymous pizzaiolo made his name from gleefully redefining what the iconic dish can be. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026 True software productivity requires retrofitting legacy software development life cycle (SDLC) platforms, redefining engineering metrics and harnessing the Jevons paradox. — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Only here, that company is speaker maker L-Acoustics, and the project does away with headsets entirely — redefining immersive LBE around spatial sound. — Ben Croll, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Join award-winning comic book creators for a look at the stories redefining horror, crime, fantasy, sci-fi, and genres that refuse to fit the mold. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026 Mashburn said baby boomers are redefining retirement, right down to who runs the place. — Itay Hod, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redefining
Verb
  • Prosecutors have told lower courts that Ramey did not present any issues that would merit reconsidering the conviction.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Even the World Organization for Animal Health, whose guidelines the CFIA follows, is reconsidering how effective culls are in halting bird-flu outbreaks in a world where the next wild duck to land at a farm could trigger another one.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In a first step toward this milestone, during Milan Fashion Week the brand introduced a new handbag, revisiting the archival Lynette model.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • After eight years and countless entries in the expanding onscreen universe, Star Wars is revisiting the Skywalker family with its next project.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some simple ways to do this include improving your credit utilization ratio, either by paying down existing debt or increasing available credit, and reviewing your credit report for any mistakes.
    — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026
  • After reviewing the work, Feng Zhang, a CRISPR genome-editing pioneer and professor at MIT and the Broad Institute, said the finding warrants further investigation.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Redefining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redefining. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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