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as in to recast
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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refigure
Verb
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Like in season 3, Olivia Colman will not return for the film, and her role has been recast.—
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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The point of picking up Hawthorne’s confounding story isn’t to recast the American Revolution as little more than a provincial riot.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
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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
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Clearing the entire browsing history will cause Chrome to recompute the FLoC ID.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
12 June 2021
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In April, the California Department of Motor Vehicles revised its regulations for autonomous vehicles and lifted a ban on autonomous trucks weighing 10,001 pounds or more.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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The agency also calls for updating information related to prostate cancer risk and revising warnings regarding enlarged prostate.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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Moody's cautioned in January that capital spending on computing power was outpacing the revenue growth from AI applications.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Just as brains use synapses—the links connecting neurons—to help them both compute and store data, neuromorphic devices often combine both operations.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Connecticut, Washington and Utah required AI developers to embed data into digital content that will allow users to determine whether the content — such as photos or video — has been created or altered by AI.—
Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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The Cuban government this week approved a package of 176 economic reforms that would significantly alter parts of the socialist model that has governed the island for more than six decades.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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This index used a Bates numbering — a common legal document indexing system — to catalog records.—
Daniel Ruetenik,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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That means its days are probably numbered, and the glorious era of leg liberation is nigh.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
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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
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Those organizations already realizing AI’s value effectively and securely reengineer processes and operating models at enterprise scale.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Beyond that there are long hallways with white tile floors and white walls that lead to rooms full of loud machines taking in, transforming and distributing large amounts of electricity throughout the building.—
David Wade,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Following months of unsuccessful recovery efforts, NASA has officially begun decommissioning the MAVEN orbiter, bringing to a close an 11-year mission that transformed scientists' understanding of Mars and became one of the agency's most valuable assets at the Red Planet.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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