Definition of remakenext
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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2
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 As noted above, Monken acknowledged the need to remake the offense and that the defense has proven players at almost every spot. Zac Jackson, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Initiatives such as Project 2025 articulate a broader effort to remake the federal bureaucracy as an instrument of personal and partisan loyalty rather than professional neutrality. Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026 All of that has, however, been called into question by a new administration noisily remaking the center as partisan and politicizing even renovation and Lincoln. Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026 More significant reforms, such as remaking the city’s school board — known as the Panel for Educational Policy — or allowing for remote participation in public meetings, would require sign-off by the state. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for remake
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  • Trump has made remaking and remodeling the Kennedy Center a higher priority in his second term than was perhaps expected.
    Zach LaChance, The Washington Examiner, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The resort began a three-year renovation in 2016, remodeling all of its rooms, lobby, and complex and building a new three-story spa and 4,600-square-foot standalone fitness facility, which opened in 2018.
    Lizbeth Scordo, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
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  • Perry delighted fans with more basketball, but UCLA couldn’t replicate his composure in the extra periods.
    Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • There is so much about Ohtani that cannot be replicated.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
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  • The initiative would set and modify time limits for how long public agencies have to review housing, electric, water and other projects and restricting how the environmental law can be used.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • By targeting the underlying neuronal degeneration, ER-100 is positioned as a potential disease-modifying treatment rather than a symptomatic fix.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
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  • But those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
  • In its statement to NPR, DHS again repeated the claim about Retes, who is preparing a civil lawsuit against the federal government to recover damages for his rights being violated.
    Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
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  • Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.
    Jennifer Sangalang, Florida Times-Union, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Yet, even as Aleys’s world begins to change with the rise of lay literacy, those lay people are almost entirely men.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
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  • Ebrahimi’s death has also renewed attention on the case of another Iranian boxer, Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, who is on death row.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • In December 2023, all four members—Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé—renewed their group contract with YG Entertainment.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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  • When charging what appeared to be personal transactions to CapRadio, Reina altered internal records so that the charges appeared to be legitimate to the business, Bustamante said.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • An ownership change has the potential to alter how the team operates in those areas and many others.
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
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  • The formula for the new Extrait limited edition wasn’t reworked; instead, the perfume concentration has been increased.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Aubade has also been reworking its storytelling.
    Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026

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“Remake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remake. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.

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