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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Verb

While many rumors swirled following Grande and Bailey’s departures about recasting (Jessie Buckley?

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
Fans of the 1998 cult classic are sure to notice that Bullock’s character Sally Owens’s daughters, Kylie and Antonia, have been recast.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of recast

Verb

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

An institution unable to revise imagery becomes a museum of assumptions.

— Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
The process has been slowed by lagging voter and political-party registrations, revised and extended deadlines and, now, another pending change to the country’s electoral law — developments that the international community is watching closely.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of revise

Verb

Joscha Bach of the California Institute for Machine Consciousness, another AGI pioneer, says a truly intelligent system should not need to devour the entire Internet and consume vast amounts of computing power for even the simplest query.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Once the connection was restored, the local AI model updates were shared with the central computing node.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of compute

Verb

Defects alter electron behavior The images revealed massive differences depending on the number of defects present.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
The lawsuit, and Gibson, allege that only a judge can alter the certified election results and that the secretary of state’s office improperly intervened to overturn results.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of alter

Verb

The total earned from the sale of the unique piece could easily number in the millions.

— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026
Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images The days of the sub-$100 smartphone may be numbered as memory costs soar, with China seeing one of the more dramatic shakeups in price points.

— Celestine Iyer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of number

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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

Verb

That approach could transform the concept from a conventional tank into an autonomous, high-power battlefield platform.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
This is related to the new trust economy that is transforming the way buying decisions are made.

— Michelle Mekky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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