refashioned

past tense of refashion

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of refashioned After the abuses of Watergate, DOJ refashioned itself to resist political interference by the White House in the name of dispensing impartial justice. Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 Diana wore the pieces prolifically during her life, and even notably had the necklace refashioned into a headdress. Freya Drohan, InStyle, 26 June 2026 Colossa has refashioned the mansion as an inn and brewery that attracts history buffs and curious travelers alike. Midwest Living, 11 June 2026 Fragments of the original were later recovered and refashioned to form the sculpture now standing on the north side of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Lilyanna D'amato, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026 Seen on view together for the first time since London’s Boydell Shakespeare Gallery closed in 1805, 14 paintings depict pivotal scenes from William Shakespeare’s plays while also speaking to how the playwright was refashioned into a cultural icon. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 15 May 2026 The term originated in the 1870s when an Iowa newspaper refashioned the word, previously used to describe cannon fire, into a word for snow. Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 22 Feb. 2026 As streetcars gave way to private automobiles, the government built interstates and white flight swelled the suburbs, our city infrastructure was refashioned to favor cars. Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026 Li says the meme has coincided with other aspects of Chinese culture going viral but being decontextualized from their Chinese origin or history, like the Tang jacket which has been refashioned by Adidas. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refashioned
Verb
  • Barnes & Noble has also remodeled many of its locations, installing modular shelving, improving lighting, and reorganizing how books are presented.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • During a search of the home, detectives determined it had been recently remodeled, Facklam said.
    Barbara Vitello, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Powerful open-weight systems make this work more urgent because their capabilities can be modified and deployed outside the controls of their original developers.
    Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Beep baseball traces its origins to engineer Charlie Fairbanks, who in 1964 modified a softball by inserting an electronic beeping device so that blind children could play the game, the release said.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But save your loyalty for the companies that can show you what actually changed.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • So even if payroll reports turn anemic, don’t expect the Federal Reserve to come to the rescue because the jobless rate will still be little changed.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Given the risk of punishment or even execution, some contributions are anonymized or voices altered.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Kennedy, who has a history of anti-vaccine activism, altered the childhood immunization schedule in January to recommend fewer universal shots to all children.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Used as a dinner roll, Scott reworked Savage’s original recipe to include more shortening, eggs, sugar, and water, achieving a richer flavor and a longer shelf life.
    Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Her black Roberto Cavalli dress, from the label’s Fall/Winter 2000 collection, was reworked for the star by Fausto Puglisi and featured a gold vertebrae on the back.
    Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In Sunny Isles Beach, another town that’s been remade by major development projects, the Bentley Residences tower is expected to be completed this year.
    Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Of course, there are only so many bad movies that are ripe to be remade; only so many movies that are famous enough to feel like safe investments, but also flawed enough to guarantee that Hollywood executives will feel like creative geniuses for improving upon them.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Yet there is a strong argument that this was the moment for both of those clubs to push for Skubal, who could have transformed the Brewers, in particular, the way CC Sabathia did in 2008.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Software developers, whose profession has been transformed by AI and suffered dramatic job losses since 2022, are back in demand with postings rising 14%.
    Irina Anghel, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Refashioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refashioned. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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