refiguring

verb

present participle of refigure
1
as in recasting

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2
as in recomputing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refiguring
  1. recasting
  2. computing
  3. revising
  4. figuring
  5. transforming
  6. counting
  7. refashioning
  8. numbering
Verb
  • The surfaces continue to change as the button keeps on getting pushed, placing and recasting Diana, Lalo and The King in new contexts, each vaguely modelled on different film genres and with varying levels of playful artifice.
    — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
  • According to Deadline, Henry grew older and developed some athletic skills that required recasting.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of recasting
Verb
  • SpaceX and Nvidia are taking artificial intelligence beyond Earth, unveiling plans to build a satellite designed to perform advanced AI computing directly in orbit.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Compared to their American counterparts, Chinese AI companies are at a massive disadvantage in computing power, a gap that has grown substantially since ChatGPT’s release.
    — Garrison Lovely, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of computing
Verb
  • Schools are revising assessment practices while students are already using AI to write, study and conduct research.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Every fix took days, revising the CAD work and making new molds, and fixing one bug inevitably revealed the next bug, and another delay.
    — Ronnen Harary, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of revising
Verb
  • The automaker is figuring the yen at 160 to the dollar for the full fiscal year.
    — Yuri Kageyama, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • At the time of the trade, Abel was an almost perfect combination of big-league readiness and long-term upside — a first-round pick who seemed to be figuring things out in the upper levels.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of figuring
Verb
  • Artificial intelligence is transforming leadership, but perhaps not in the ways most people imagine.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This is the web version of Fortune Gulf Brief, a weekly newsletter providing smart coverage on the capital, leaders, and policies transforming one of the world’s most consequential regions.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of transforming
Verb
  • The usual advice is to stop counting, as though the tally were a character flaw to be willed away.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Schwarber signed with Philadelphia on a four-year, $79 million deal and has since gone on to hit 220 home runs and counting over five seasons with the Phillies.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of counting
Verb
  • Kingsoft Cloud is refashioning itself into an artificial intelligence cloud player — a move that should drive its shares higher, according to Morgan Stanley.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • But weathering the tensions and refashioning the alliance for the future will require more than billion-dollar deals and verbal diplomacy.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026
Definition of refashioning
Verb
  • The groups, with members numbering in the dozens, have attempted to cross from Israel to Syria every few days in recent weeks.
    — Natalie Melzer, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Platner also endorsed a global minimum tax of 2 percent on the world’s billionaires (numbering 3,428, according to the most recent Forbes billionaires list).
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of numbering
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