Thesaurus results for REENGINEER

reengineer

verb

Definition of reengineer

as in to redesign

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Recent Examples of reengineer In exchange, Cuban advisers helped reengineer Venezuela’s military and intelligence services, embedding a model focused on internal surveillance and regime protection. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2026 Automakers would need to see more demand to justify either importing the cars or investing to reengineer the cars to pass US crash standards, said Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Automotive Safety. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025 Moore should take that as a mandate to reengineer this offense around a quarterback who could be a top NFL Draft pick two years from now. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2025 The tragedy has prompted locals to consider how to radically reengineer travel in ways that benefit the island beyond its economy. — John Wogan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for reengineer

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Boeing would have to find out what tooling still exists, rebuild jigs and dies, locate or replace hundreds of suppliers, requalify manufacturing processes, recruit specialist workers, and possibly redesign components that are no longer available.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
The agency might even take the opportunity to completely redesign the disastrous Ashland, Armitage and Elston Avenue intersection and save generations of Chicagoans the headache of spending 15 minutes navigating through a single stoplight.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of redesign

Verb

While many rumors swirled following Grande and Bailey’s departures about recasting (Jessie Buckley?

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
Fans of the 1998 cult classic are sure to notice that Bullock’s character Sally Owens’s daughters, Kylie and Antonia, have been recast.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of recast

Verb

An institution unable to revise imagery becomes a museum of assumptions.

— Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
The process has been slowed by lagging voter and political-party registrations, revised and extended deadlines and, now, another pending change to the country’s electoral law — developments that the international community is watching closely.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of revise

Verb

About 15 stores in the division are being remodeled this year.

— Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2026
Midfielders After losing Pep Guardiola and his engine room, Rodri and Bernardo Silva, City have had to rip the band-aid off and remodel things completely — and what a way to do it!

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of remodel

Verb

The comparison also fits because of the modern tech bros’ constant attempts (following Steve Jobs’s lead) to refashion themselves as magicians.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Steps from the hotel is a barn that the Schneiders refashioned into Allmeinde Commongrounds, a cultural center and arts residency that has hosted photographers such as Walter Niedermayr and Axel Hütte.

— Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of refashion

Verb

The story was previously adapted into a 2011 film before being reworked as a musical with music and lyrics by PigPen Theatre Company, a book by Rick Elice and directed by Jessica Stone.

— Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
McKinsey found that around 80% of fintechs were already reworking their operating models by the time the correction set in, most of them citing profitability and a sustainable cost structure as the reason.

— Serhii Zakharov, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of rework

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The Pentagon’s 2027 budget requests nearly $75 million to modernize and incorporate AI into systems that help commanders manage forces and make battlefield decisions.

— Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026
This milestone will allow the project to enter its design phase, where engineers will develop plans to replace and modernize multiple systems in LANSCE’s front end.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026

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