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as in recasts
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as in recomputes
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refigures
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The word — so often a diabolical four-letter dismissal — recasts precision as excess, ambition as ego, obsession as spectacle.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026 -
The group recasts these songs with somber, chant-like harmonies and sparse backing—drums, keys, and electric guitar.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
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It that transforms the humble potato into something greater than the sum of its parts, just like the bread that was a Garfield favorite.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
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Organic waste will be used for black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) production–a sustainable, low-cost method that transforms it into high-protein animal feed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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Stabbing follows arson attacks Britain’s Jewish community, which numbers about 300,000 people, has faced growing attacks online and in the streets.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Golders Green has long been a hub of the British Jewish community, which numbers around 300,000.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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This arrangement alters the play’s emotional architecture.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Nobody back home discovers what happened, but that summer brands her with shame and alters her course for years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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The ordinance, unanimously adopted by the City Council on March 17, clamps down on height exceptions for residential buildings and revises the process for considering high-volume drive-thru restaurants, to allow for more council oversight.—
Rose Evans
April 12,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Apr. 2026
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The bill also imposes new penalties on foreign interference with elections and revises the list of valid photo ID required at the polls or when voting-by-mail for the first time.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Nothing about the results computes.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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That means if a gig worker or their employer computes a tip amount and requires customers to pay it, that tip isn’t tax-deductible.—
Annette Nellen,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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Imagine someone takes a real photo of a tense political event and modifies only a small portion of it.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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But as our perceptions of Clark shift with various revelations, Bateman masterfully modifies his bearing from blandly sinister to sweetly sincere and back again.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Refigures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refigures. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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