1
as in to remodel
to make different in some way one of those people who left the security and conformity of a small town to remake their lives in the big city

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as in to replicate
to make or do again yesterday's soup was so good that we decided to remake it for today's lunch

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Recent Examples of remake So this is not an attempt to remake that film. Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025 The proposal to remake the eight-block stretch, between East Pleasant Street and East Kilbourn Avenue, would slow down speeding cars, and make Water Street safer for drivers, pedestrians and bike riders, according to the Department of Public Works. Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025 Nonetheless, those losses could mean an uphill fight for his administration even in front of the justices, who have so far sided with the president on many legal challenges to his effort to remake the government. Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025 Done right, remakes can be a fantastic way to introduce a franchise to a new audience, but also have to be transformative enough that veterans who’ve played the original come away with a different experience. George Yang, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for remake
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  • It had recently been remodeled.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Falstaff Tavern is remodeled to create the 225-seat Cassius Carter Centre Stage, a new in-the-round arena-style theater, adding a second stage to the Globe campus.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • Yet that may be exactly what makes Mango House tough to replicate.
    Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Many of them come from consuming vitamin A in your diet, and might not be replicated by taking vitamin A supplements.
    Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • While initially designed to be used in a rocket artillery system, it was modified to be attached to a first-person-view drone using a wooden stick, wire and duct tape, CAR said.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers plan to address the light sensitivity issue by modifying how the vitamin interacts with the electrolyte and by improving the engineering of the flow cell itself.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • Scientists believe that repeated hits to the head damage the brain cells, which causes chronic inflammation and cells to convert into a diseased and dying state.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The standard form of the blues poem also means that the poem can be repeated; each individual blues poem is part of a larger body of poems that work through similar themes and experiences, told by similar characters.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • After the Supreme Court ruling, Holt said, the department changed its grooming policy to allow closely cropped beards.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Scripts are being changed now, Deadline reported, because the move was unexpected.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • Brooklyn and Nicola married in April 2022 and renewed their wedding vows this past August.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In mid-June, they were relieved to learn that their home insurance would be renewed—but their annual premium was going up by a thousand dollars.
    Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • French collective memories altered considerably after World War II, converting a story of collaboration after June 1940 into one of resistance.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
  • What ultimately inspired McAnally and Baum (who has worked on the business side of his husband’s career) to expand their family was yet another recent life-altering change.
    Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • The Houston Astros will need to rework the starting rotation this winter to push farther into the playoffs especially with Framber Valdez's future with the organization in question.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Tillman spent the summer reworking his body and dialing in his shot.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Remake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remake. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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