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as in recasting
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as in recomputing
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refiguring
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Downtown Brooklyn’s 141 Willoughby Street was an under-construction residential tower when the developers flipped their plans in 2019, converting it to an office build and recasting it as the borough’s next big business hub.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
1 May 2026 -
This is a very rare recasting for creative reasons on The White Lotus as White is meticulous about the casting process, finding the actors who best embody his vision for the characters.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
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The organization by revising its budget to cover the extra cost of gas for its fleet and possibly start reimbursing volunteer drivers.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
5 May 2026
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If passed by voters, the council would still need to pass an ordinance revising city election law.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Oracle, which has a $300 billion, five-year partnership to supply computing power to OpenAI for AI operations, dropped more than 4%.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Lightelligence, a Chinese optical-computing provider, surged in its Hong Kong trading debut, underscoring investor interest in an industry seen as critical to supplying parts for the artificial-intelligence buildout.—
Bloomberg,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Second, the same precision-medicine approaches that are now transforming oncology must be applied to mental illness, identifying biomarkers early enough to alter disease trajectory.—
Eric J. Nestler,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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News articles and photos of the casual picnic enamored Americans, transforming their view of the royals as rigid and aristocratic to more down-to-earth.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Working with the Calling All Dreamers advisors, Christine Wonderson is figuring how to break the business down into more achievable chunks, rather than trying to do everything at once.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Tanner Scott and Blake Treinen will need to step up, with Alex Vesia also figuring to factor into Roberts’ late-inning plans.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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Easily the riskiest entry of the year so far, this expensive — $200 million but who’s counting — Amazon MGM Studios gamble, powered by Ryan Gosling’s star turn as a lonely astronaut, has made $573 million globally, justifying its steep costs.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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Recent polls largely have Paxton ahead in the GOP match-up, but after Cornyn's better-than-expected performance in March, few are counting him out.—
James Osborne,
Houston Chronicle,
1 May 2026
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Two totally platonic best bros set off on a quest of the heart, while rival soldiers compete over a world-altering prophecy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Most work in the field has focused on altering the genetic code in ways that are useful, such as using more than 20 amino acids to enable interesting chemistry.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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