refiguring

Definition of refiguringnext
present participle of refigure
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Verb
  • Once rigid and monumental, marble and other quarried materials now curve and swell into expressive silhouettes, recasting ancient materials through a contemporary lens.
    Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Previous Oscar art portfolios gave us Kenny Scharf launching the little gold man into deep space, Karon Davis recasting him as an ancient Egyptian deity and Austyn Weiner turning him into a mischievous mail-art project.
    Michael Slenske, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Nearly 100 hours spent revising more than 350 pages of city zoning code.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • In North Carolina, which is also seeing a surge of data centers, the largest utility is revising its long-term plans to delay the retirement of coal plants and to build more natural gas plants.
    Jessica Hill, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • For this purpose, the team received an allocation of computing time on the Frontier.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But using and training AI models requires a massive amount of computing power in the form of chips that are housed in large data centers.
    KATHERINE LIN, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The number of these microproteins that may ultimately exist in the human genome, Cohen said, could reach into the millions, transforming biology in ways that are only beginning to be understood.
    Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Workers have already been transforming the space.
    Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • And with a compressed preseason window and key contributors still overseas, the margin for figuring things out isn’t wide.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Without a basic plan, groups tend to stop abruptly, block walkways, or create congestion while figuring things out.
    Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The project is one more makeover refashioning the nation’s capital to Trump’s liking, following others such as the demolition of the White House's East Wing to make room for a new ballroom.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • To what extent should these questions be overlooked if refashioning old movies will introduce them to new audiences?
    Holly Willis, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The instructors at the Atomic Ballroom, based in Costa Mesa, led the dance record effort, giving a step-by-step instruction to those who showed up, the Guinness World Record adjudicator counting the crowd.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Since 2022, the teams have split 28 games, counting the playoffs.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In those cases, 11 of the patients died and others are living with life-altering health problems, according to the lawsuits.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
  • While the initial move into smartphones posed a risk to Apple's device margins, the gamble paid off through what would become a massive industry-altering phenomenon.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Refiguring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refiguring. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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