reformulated

verb

past tense of reformulate
as in compounded

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  1. compounded
  2. constructed
  3. built
  4. devised
  5. assembled
  6. concocted
  7. conceived
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  • The Federal Reserve's September interest rate hike has only compounded the problem, resulting in higher borrowing costs for everything from credit cards to home equity lines of credit (HELOCs).
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Chiefs coach Andy Reid compounded that mistake by making one of his own.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of compounded
Verb
  • Beneath the sweeping bodywork lies a high-strength tubular spaceframe constructed from chromium-molybdenum steel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The sports ministry constructed youth-training infrastructure—gyms, pitches, courts—for Olympic sports, including basketball.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of constructed
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  • Getty, meanwhile, has built a campaign around how García got into the race, casting himself as an alternative to members of the two powerful parties that dominate national politics while passing few policies at the federal level.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Her grandfather, Colin Smith, was a professional mento musician who played banjo and built rumba boxes.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of built
Verb
  • Composers devised elaborate systems for writing music that ventured deep into dissonance, away from the rules of tonality that had governed it for centuries.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Kushner, in a fury, devised the salacious revenge plot that has colored his reputation ever since.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of devised
Verb
  • For Round 2, Raman’s allies assembled a series of outside campaign committees to promote her mayoral bid.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Since taking office, Mamdani has named Diya Vij, an arts-organizations veteran, to lead the Department of Cultural Affairs, and assembled a slew of heavyweights to serve on his Committee on Arts and Culture.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembled
Verb
  • Churchill got the approval of Gilded Age showrunner and creator Julian Fellowes, as well as HBO head of drama Francesca Orsi and CEO Casey Bloys, and then concocted a way that the cameo could work without being too distracting to the audience.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Gabardine, named after the world’s first breathable, waterproof fabric that Burberry created and used in its iconic trenchcoat, was concocted by Givaudan’s Nisrine Grillié and Yann Vasnier.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of concocted
Verb
  • The award, which besides the ceremony includes a cash prize of $25,000, was conceived a decade ago by the bestselling mystery thriller novelist and longtime Twain House booster David Baldacci.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont has the quality of certain savvily conceived larger theaters of being able to either disguise or display its size.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of conceived
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