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 With the company’s future now secure in Lachlan’s control, the executive is widely expected to execute on an expansion plan, perhaps through M&A or other in-house development, as the company remakes itself for a digital era. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025 Around the turn of the century, a federal program called HOPE IV that intended to remake America’s public housing caused another wave of displacement for some who had relocated to west Charlotte. Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025 Silent Hill 2 did the impossible by remaking an iconic game. Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025 Now though, there’s little safe haven in independent art either, where podcasting and comedy have welcomed truly noxious voices that are eager to remake themselves as Wormtongues in the halls of power. James Folta september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for remake
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  • Interior designer Richard Brayton remodeled the house in 1990s.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The program, which is estimated to initially cost the brand about $1 billion, involves remodeling more than 1,000 Starbucks locations in the US and Canada over the next year along with closing more than 400 in the last three months.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Nylander needs to replicate and probably exceed last season’s 45-goal campaign.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Consider replicating your favorite flavor with a homemade batch.
    Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Vicens modified the set-piece defensive setup each season, benefiting from the addition of another aerial presence in 6ft 5in (196cm) striker Erling Haaland.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Specifically designed to be independent of other organizations and political influence, the CSB cannot be forced to modify its findings by other agencies, branches or political parties, ensuring its impartiality.
    Philip Steenstra, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • This process repeats roughly a dozen times each day, with some trucks transporting grain or fertilizer to customers in Illinois and Minnesota.
    Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Oli systematically begins to pick them up, walking steadily between the basket and the floor, dropping the balls in the tennis ball hopper one by one, repeating the process with consistent precision.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • But a left knee injury in March 2024 changed his football trajectory.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The shutdown could change all that.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Everything felt renewed and each debut collection a redefining of the new era.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • After the show was renewed for Season 2 in April, the streamer reversed its decision and canceled the series a few months later, following Paramount’s merger with Skydance.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • Volcanic activity can also trigger earthquakes, especially when magma shifts beneath the surface or alters pressure in surrounding rock.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But the clearest effects may be seen in how people alter their behaviors in relation to the changing climate.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • Player movement has also been reworked, allowing actions to be faster and more responsive, along with more convincing physics.
    Jeffrey L. Wilson, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of dividing the company into women’s, men’s and kid’s, Donahoe’s strategy to drive lifestyle sales, Hill is reworking the corporate structure so the company’s departments are focused on individual sports.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Remake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remake. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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