reframing

verb

present participle of reframe
as in reformulating

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  1. building
  2. constructing
  3. assembling
  4. compounding
  5. devising
  6. writing
  7. conceiving
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  • The event reinforces our commitment to building a strong, collaborative supply chain that delivers economic growth, innovation and long-term maritime capability in both nations.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The guy’s building a ballroom that’s bigger than the White House.
    — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of building
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  • For textile biotechnology companies, the service could provide access to industrial fermentation equipment without the upfront expense of constructing a dedicated facility.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, environmental activists have been demanding the cancellation of permissions given to AI data centers in Visakhapatnam, where Google is constructing its $15 billion project.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of constructing
Verb
  • The two looks also mark a departure from the vintage-heavy wardrobe Roach has been assembling for Kardashian, which has included some archival pulls from Saint Laurent and Elizabeth Taylor-channelling Balenciaga.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Because freedom of navigation was viewed as a fundamental principle of the global order, assembling large groups committed to upholding this pillar was intended to demonstrate international resolve and isolate the bad actor.
    — Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembling
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  • Despite that lack of evidence, the loosening of restrictions has come after the FDA began analyzing how to make the substances more accessible and convened a panel to discuss allowing compounding pharmacies to manufacture them.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The issue of compounding safety became a greater focus for the FDA after a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis in 2012 was linked to contaminated injections from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of compounding
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  • With her knack for devising novel solutions to seemingly insoluble problems, no one was better suited for the job.
    — Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Mungiu may have a less sadistic streak and a more active camera, but the two filmmakers share a particular commitment to narrative indeterminacy, devising intricate yet incomplete crime-story plots that function broadly as sociopolitical allegories.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of devising
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  • 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
  • The prompts presented the assistant as a character in creative-writing exercises.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of writing
Verb
  • Aiming to provide a full wellness experience, the hotel tasked its executive chef Fabrizio Zanetti with conceiving a healthy menu for the spa lounge and hotel restaurants.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the works suggested a new way of conceiving wisdom and communion with nature.
    — Tatiane de Assis, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of conceiving
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