Thesaurus results for REJIGGER

rejigger

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Definition of rejigger

as in to modify

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Recent Examples of rejigger While the market remains as AI obsessed as ever, the focus has shifted to how the technology might supplant the need for some workers, threaten companies and business models, and rejigger entire industries. — Eric J Weiner, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026 Instead the agency will rejigger its planned Artemis III mission to test in-orbit capabilities such as using the astronauts’ space suits in microgravity and rendezvousing with at least one of the spacecraft that NASA hopes to use as a lunar lander. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026 The Administration would surely try to rejigger the levies using different legal authorities, which create another round of anxiety and uncertainty for businesses, particularly small businesses. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 The supply side must also be considered, as businesses may rejigger their supply chains based on their perception of the tariffs’ future impact, leading to changes in pricing. — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rejigger

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That can lead them to feel pressure to build new roads, modify their land-use ordinances and approve requests from companies wishing to build within their boundaries.

— Laura Mullenbach, Fortune, 14 July 2026
There’s also a distinction between the impact of blocking the transaction altogether and only modifying the merger as part of a settlement, and that’s where things could get interesting.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 14 July 2026

Definition of modify

Verb

While some businesses relying on summer traffic have been forced to temporarily close their doors, others refuse to let the smoke alter their plans.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Those reports, including a key March 2021 intelligence assessment about the 2020 election, concluded that none of those countries attempted to alter voter registration, ballot casting, tabulation or the reporting of results.

— Josh Meyer, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Definition of alter

Verb

The exchange recently revised its rules for new public companies to become part of the index, allowing the space and AI company to be included within a month of going public.

— CJ Haddad, CNBC, 13 July 2026
The city will once again revise its sale of the Oakland Coliseum complex, transferring ownership of the East Bay’s most notable property to a development group that will no longer need to pay for all of it right away.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Definition of revise

Verb

While analysts focused on softer net interest income, Cramer said CEO Charlie Scharf is successfully transforming the bank into a more diversified firm with stronger investment banking and advisory businesses.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Per the official logline, Season 2 expands the world beyond Sherwood and Nottingham into the treacherous courts of England, France, and Rome, transforming the outlaw rebellion into a high stakes battle for the soul of a kingdom.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 16 July 2026

Definition of transform

Verb

Rather than relying solely on smaller manufacturing nodes, Dongfang Suanxin aims to improve performance by redesigning how chips process and move data.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
In Milan, the historic Via Manzoni store was redesigned and soft-opened during Milan Design Week, with an official opening planned for September.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 July 2026

Definition of redesign

Verb

Drawing equally from the hip-hop and R&B that surrounded him growing up and the alternative and rock music that captured his imagination, Black Boy (Alternative) aims to recast Black identity as self-defined.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 10 July 2026
Olivia Colman, who portrayed Nick’s mother, was recast for the film, with Anna Maxwell Martin joining.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of recast

Verb

Most of the works are adaptations of existing pieces rather than new commissions, though Devlin’s contribution, Screenshare (2025), was reworked specifically for NMACC.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
That front bumper is reworked with red accents, and there are dashes of carbon fiber everywhere.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 July 2026

Definition of rework

Verb

Opened in 2022 as a rentable vacation home and events space, this white Mediterranean-style villa reinvented itself last year as a canal-side, five-room boutique hotel, complete with a boat dock, a spa, a garden, a saltwater pool and a chef.

— The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Rather than reinventing itself, the restaurant has focused on refining what already works while maintaining the neighborhood atmosphere that has kept regulars coming back.

— Evan Moore July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

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