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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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And the patchwork style of Brij Sadanah’s direction enhances the colorfully over-the-top story, which recasts Wuthering Heights as a sensationalistic revenge drama.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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So the couple partnered with local architects Annie-Laurie Grabiel and Arthur Furman of Side Angle Side to recast the house for modern life and simultaneously preserve its historic charm.—
Katherine Owen,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 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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Since then, members have revised it several times to clarify who has final authority and to keep the framework flexible.—
Chaya Tong,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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Russia revised its deterrence policy in 2024, lowering its bar for possible retaliation with nuclear weapons.—
John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Previous work sought to compute how contact binaries originated by modeling them as colliding spheres.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Shares of the quantum computing company jumped 12% after IonQ gave rosy sales projections.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Cubs didn’t want to alter his usual approach, which meant his first Cactus League start came a week into their spring exhibition schedule.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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In 1976, Barks encountered the 13th century Sufi mystic and poet Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, who would change his life and alter his career.—
Rebecca McCarthy,
AJC.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Incident types are numbered 1-5 — a type 1 incident is a large, complex wildfire affecting people and critical infrastructure, a type 5 incident is a small wildfire with few personnel involved.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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So while our days with Myha'la's Harper are numbered, she's still got a full season of television to fit in as many bad decisions and financial crimes as possible.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Feb. 2026
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Its research is focused on a type of gene therapy where doctors don't need to take a patient's cells out to reengineer them.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
30 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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Bob Lutticken, an agriculture and biology teacher at Abraxas, envisions transforming the orchard by pulling out weeds and replacing gravel with permanent walkways, then adding at least 15 fruit trees, trellises and a greenhouse.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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This Pickle Crunch Egg Salad leans way into brine and texture, transforming a lunch-box classic into something punchy, bright and deeply satisfying.—
Laura Mclively,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Refigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refigure. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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