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 vast majority of SpaceX's launches this year — at the moment, 74 of them — have been devoted to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of nearly 11,000 operational satellites.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • For anyone building toward a finer piece, a moissanite tennis necklace offers a graceful starting point.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • Israel's Ministry of Construction and Housing issued a tender for constructing several compounds with more than 1,200 homes in total in an open tract of land east of Jerusalem.
    — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Klausner modeled the show’s intricate plotting on Curb Your Enthusiasm, constructing separate stories that would dovetail at the end of an episode.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of constructing
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  • An Acquisition Chain, Not A One-Off OpenRouter lands on top of a stack Stripe has been assembling piece by piece.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Peltz weighs deal for Wendy’s Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund is assembling a group that could bid to take Wendy’s private as the chain faces declining sales, falling traffic, and restaurant closures.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of assembling
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  • In Egypt, for example, steep hikes in fuel and food prices and enormous losses of Suez Canal revenues as the war disrupts global shipping are compounding existing fiscal and unemployment crises.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • RMDs now begin at age 73 (rising to 75 in 2033), and they are calculated as a growing percentage of an account that has likely kept compounding all along.
    — Dana Dunkelberger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of compounding
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  • Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of devising
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  • During an interview with THR in May, Panettiere also opened up about the challenges of delving into her childhood and relationship with her mom when writing This Is Me.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Sheinbaum, writing on X early Saturday, expressed her disapproval of Rocha Moya’s decision to return as governor of northwestern state.
    — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of writing
Verb
  • The Netflix documentary takes viewers through the history of the series, beginning with Banks first conceiving the idea with the help of Ken Mok, who co-executive-produced the show with her and also took part in the docuseries.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Doctors estimate the odds of conceiving spontaneous identical quadruplets at roughly 1 in 15 million.
    — Daniela Suarez, NBC news, 21 July 2026
Definition of conceiving
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