refigures

verb

present tense third-person singular of refigure
1
as in recasts

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as in recomputes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refigures
  1. recasts
  2. numbers
  3. transforms
  4. enumerates
  5. alters
  6. computes
  7. revises
  8. modifies
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  • Director Ivan Uryvskyi is candid about how the play recasts the ancient poem’s themes of return and those trapped in exile and captivity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The new edition recasts all 10 songs from the original through a more intimate lens, with Carlile returning to Long Pond Studio in upstate New York to co-produce four tracks with the National’s Aaron Dessner.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of recasts
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  • Watchlist volume jumps an average of 40 times for Unreleased Gems titles specifically, according to figures Letterboxd has publicly cited, numbers a filmmaker can point to that a skeptical buyer can’t wave away.
    — Joshua Encinias, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The in‑house repair team now numbers 30, supported by a Paris concierge-style service that can handle lighter fixes with a turnaround in days, a service Mothay plans to roll out to other markets, with Tokyo a likely next step.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Definition of numbers
Verb
  • Transform ashes into memorial stones Solidification is a newer alternative to traditional cremation that transforms a beloved pet’s remains into ash memorial stones.
    — Yvonne Villasenor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • And as Aroonpheng spins his narrative into a long, misshapen web, the drama involving Yak vanishes behind a cloud of fog and transforms into the film’s most baffling yet bracing detour.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of transforms
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  • Adler’s version, as elegant and lyrical as Fisher’s, enumerates ways to use every last scrap, bone, and core—and introduced her as a writer who made art out of the marginal.
    — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Zuckerberg enumerates one of these very specifically, and in my view, this is one of the biggest contributions of this essay.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Definition of enumerates
Verb
  • Alcohol alters levels of hormones, including estrogen, a key reason for the link between drinking and breast cancer.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Every single thing about the Bears defense not only keeps me awake at night, but drastically alters my opinion of this team.
    — Michael Beller, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of alters
Verb
  • Moreover, revisions to the way the Bureau of Economic Analysis computes the personal consumption expenditures price index are expected to take inflation readings issued earlier this year lower.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Nature computes, and one result is the code through which matter becomes a living, adaptive, self-organizing form.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of computes
Verb
  • Effective July 29, Maine significantly revises its workplace substance use testing framework.
    — Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Golden Gate revises the design system to reduce the distractions that should never have been present in the first place.
    — Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
Definition of revises
Verb
  • An agent that calls the wrong API or modifies the wrong record creates consequences a hallucinated sentence simply cannot.
    — Hemant Kashyap, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • So the team fed AlphaFold versions of a target DNA sequence, along with a guide RNA, the Cas9 sequence, and an enzyme that chemically modifies bases and can stick to Cas9.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Definition of modifies
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