Thesaurus results for REFIGURE

refigure

verb

Definition of refigure

as in to recast

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as in to recompute

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Recent Examples of refigure Muldrow does what Black artists have always done uniquely well — signify upon, revise and refigure a theme, expanding an existing form through a clever new one. — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021 That has affected local organizations including the Houston Choral Society who has been forced to refigure their presentation of music for the safety of both their performers and patrons. — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2020 On the flip side, the onus is on opponents to refigure the Spurs out, a task that continues with today’s game against rookie star Ja Morant and the eighth-place Memphis Grizzlies. — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 1 Aug. 2020 The provision was sought by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce to help businesses avoid having to refigure withholdings for thousands of employees who have been working remotely for weeks to avoid spreading the deadly coronavirus. — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 23 Apr. 2020 The film works to refigure the identity of the assassination buff, registering his or her inquest as essentially futile. — Art Simon, Slate Magazine, 21 July 2017

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Though the names are similar and, in essence, the same word, the shift in spelling and pronunciation represents the nation’s effort to recast — rebrand, even — itself for its own people as much as for the outside world.

— Ted Anthony, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
The Bounds of Quantum Biology The temptation to recast life’s mysteries as quantum in nature is about as old as quantum mechanics itself.

— Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of recast

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World models allow systems to build a task specific representation of reality, allowing systems to reason over what matters instead of recomputing understanding from scratch at every step.

— Abhas Ricky, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Reducing the size of a fund also means recomputing management fees, and therefore handing money back to limited partners.

— BYJessica Mathews, Fortune, 31 July 2023

Definition of recompute

Verb

Those projections were revised down (and revised down again) after a deluge of bad buzz.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Insights like ours are revising researchers’ understanding of both the past and how people operate today, as inequality grows globally.

— Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of revise

Verb

The move was an about-face from December when city leaders approved a rezoning to allow a computing campus that developers later proposed would be more than twice the floor space of Buckhead’s Lenox Square mall.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Quantum-safe finance appears feasible, but the transition will require more computing resources, investment and coordination across institutions.

— Joao Gomes, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of compute

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Rodriquez said her daughter began facing bullying and body image issues, using filters on the apps to alter her face.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Critics and opposition parties accuse it of altering voter registrations to give an advantage to the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of alter

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By the end of the decade, Keen was regarded as the biggest name in Texas music, and his crowds in the Lone Star State frequently numbered in the tens of thousands.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Vee first garnered recognition as a cast member of Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘n Out and The Women of Wild ‘n Out, beginning to accrue a social following now numbering over 6 million.

— Peter White, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

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That’s because, as aggressively as SaaS providers are embedding AI agents and other forms of AI into their products, these capabilities bring new realities that are prompting providers to reengineer their pricing models.

— Steve Karp, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
The pool, which was first installed in 1923, was previously renovated in 2012 to reengineer its circulation and filtration system, though the shallow water feature has been notoriously difficult to keep clean.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026

Definition of reengineer

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The role required Cruise to transform with prosthetics (including a fat suit and thinning white hair) and a put-on Southern accent, but, mostly, the absurdist satire demanded his full acting range.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
There is a hard cap at both the league and team level, and the cap, which was introduced in 2005, has transformed the profit profile of owning a team, particularly in conjunction with the NHL’s revenue-sharing system.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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