REMAKES Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

remakes

verb

present tense third-person singular of remake

as in remodels

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 repeats

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 remakes That’s just a piece with what the show so far is doing best, and what Disney remakes could be doing more of, making something spiritually true, but also boldly new, out of a story everyone remembers. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026 The collection takes 10 of Skims’ most familiar bra and underwear silhouettes and remakes them in cotton, spanning bralettes, briefs, thongs and boy shorts. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026 More broadly, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, this week laid off 8,000 workers as the company remakes itself with AI. — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval. — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026 Capitalism is the other force that restlessly and continually remakes the world. — Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026 Two remakes top the list of the 46th Annual Golden Raspberry nominations, known as the Razzies, announced on Wednesday. — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026 Zionism remakes Hanukkah Hanukkah was not merely repackaged by Zionists in Europe; it was totally transformed from a relatively minor holiday into the central annual celebration of the movement. — Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025 Icke both directs the old behemoths and remakes them. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025

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More than just structural support For decades, scientists have known that bone provides support, stores minerals and continuously remodels itself.

— Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
The push in beauty comes at a time when Walmart is doubling down on the style category, giving beauty, fashion and home prime real estate adjacent to the highly trafficked grocery or pharmacy departments in about 100 stores, with more to be added as the company remodels existing formats.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025

Definition of remodels

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Cracker Barrel had already committed substantial capital to a transformation without proving which changes customers wanted, which investments would improve restaurant economics, and which businesses still deserved a place inside the company.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The total solar eclipse in your sign could coincide with a new role or personal reinvention that changes the way others perceive you.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of changes

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For the first three days of practice Miami’s had lengthy special teams and individual unit periods, and then 40-plus minutes of 11-on-11 work, which replicates game-like situations.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
But what most frustrates her is that Calder’s portrayal of Millennial ennui and directionlessness takes those qualities at face value and, in doing so, replicates them.

— Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Definition of replicates

Verb

So the team fed AlphaFold versions of a target DNA sequence, along with a guide RNA, the Cas9 sequence, and an enzyme that chemically modifies bases and can stick to Cas9.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
For example, Texas angler Dustin Grice modifies his spinnerbaits by adding chartreuse and white willow-leaf blades with a matching chartreuse/white skirt.

— David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026

Definition of modifies

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Snooz reworks that moment so the treat aligns with the goal of actually falling asleep afterward.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Part of the Splash Jelly Drop collection, Tory Burch’s Mini Romy reworks one of the brand’s signature shapes into a bright aquatic blue that immediately calls to mind swimming pools and cloudless skies.

— Sanika Achrekar, Glamour, 2 July 2026

Definition of reworks

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Long days were spent cleaning, drawing and waiting for customers during slow periods, all while mastering a craft that permanently alters another person’s body.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
That alters a protein that the pigment is embedded in, starting a nerve impulse that eventually contributes to an image in the brain.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

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