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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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Science fiction visions in this vein, such as Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312, recast a Vaal-like god-computer as a force not for stagnation but for human flourishing.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Sep. 2025
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Weruche Opia had been cast in the role of Shay Bennett for the pilot, but the role will now be recast.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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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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Meanwhile, Maricopa and Pima county medical examiners led the way nationally on revising death investigation protocols to better account for heat impacts.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The exhibition gives viewers a chance to see not only the original Constitution when it was ratified but also the amendments that have revised it over time, notably by guaranteeing Black men and then all women the right to vote.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Scott flagged that there is still a shortage of computing capacity.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Bill Briggs, Chief Technology Officer, Deloitte Hall argued that much of the investment so far has been concentrated in chips and at hyperscalers, the massive tech and cloud-computing companies that have spent the past three years building the infrastructure to support their AI projects.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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The charges allege Scholz took an ex-girlfriend's photo from social media and altered it with artificial intelligence software to make the woman nude.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Approval of Evita’s pill is not expected to significantly alter access to mifepristone.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Fortunately, the crowds numbered only in the hundreds.—
John E. Herbst,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
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Your job is to reassemble them into the original novel (unfortunately for you, the pages aren’t numbered).—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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His message was radical for the time: Instead of grafting technology onto outdated workflows, companies should reengineer those workflows entirely.—
Carlos Vega,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Over years of statements, social-media posts, and interviews, however, a pattern has emerged: Musk sees Mars not merely as a lifeboat but as a laboratory—an opportunity to reengineer humanity.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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Has the world's most volatile region been transformed?—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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The 26-foot-tall bronze sculpture depicts a male figure that transforms into tree branches housing various bird species.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Refigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refigure. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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