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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
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The actress reportedly requested her character be killed off, but the role was instead recast with Caroline Bliss, who only lasted as long as Dalton’s two-film run as the superspy.—
Sezin Devi Koehler,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Jan. 2026
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Gardner is joining the pilot, headlined by Bloom and Rory Scovel, in recasting.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 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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Those updates include inflation‑indexed bracket changes, revised deduction thresholds and refreshed credit amounts.—
Emma Waldman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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And as a result of questions from reporters Ashley Luthern (Journal Sentinel), Ben Jordan (TMJ4), and Mario Koran (Wisconsin Watch), the DA's Office revised the list, adding two individuals and removing others, and contacting dozens of defendants whose cases may have been affected by the changes.—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Thankfully, Honeywell stock surged after Quantinuum, the world's biggest integrated quantum computing company, filed to go public earlier this month.—
Paulina Likos,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2026
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The organization will focus on AI, quantum technologies and the future of computing.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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For these groups, missing doses can have life-altering consequences.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Until recently, treatment focused almost entirely on managing symptoms rather than altering the underlying biology of the disease.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Five of them will be white balls numbered 1 to 69.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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Students defined as newcomers numbered 17,359 this year.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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One of them is Nano Banana, which lets users edit and transform images directly in the browser.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Napoli went from 10th to top again, the biggest turnaround from one year to the next since Milan transformed from a mid-table team to champions in 1999.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Refigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refigure. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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