remakes

verb

present tense third-person singular of remake
1
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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2
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 In Calvino’s novel, young Cosimo remakes his relationship with society by moving into the trees; in Boeri’s vision, society remakes its relationship with nature by moving the trees into the city. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Because until the state follows through and remakes all streets around the limits of the human body, fallible people will remain primarily responsible for road users’ safety. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remakes
  1. remodels
  2. repeats
  3. changes
  4. replicates
  5. modifies
  6. reworks
  7. alters
Verb
  • 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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  • Advanced X-ray analysis confirmed that the electrode reliably repeats this two-step storage process, inserting zinc ions first and then adding protons.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won the race last year, and the team would be hoping one of Piastri or Lando Norris repeats the feat this year.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of repeats
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  • Set in the 1950s, Juul follows 17-year-old circus acrobat Juul, whose life changes forever after a tragic accident leaves her in a coma and declared brain-dead.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Bringing that kind of creative firepower into both Nateland and No Pictures changes what’s possible for us.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of changes
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  • Then replicates those patterns as cities grow—beating competitors to the best storefronts.
    — Brian Cross, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Gone are the large crown sidewalls from James’ last model, but a new carbon fiber midfoot shank replicates the center of the shape in smaller fashion.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of replicates
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  • An agent that calls the wrong API or modifies the wrong record creates consequences a hallucinated sentence simply cannot.
    — Hemant Kashyap, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of modifies
Verb
  • New this year is the Paddock Building, which reworks the saddling area with new dining and social spaces overlooking the Saddling Paddock and Stakes Winner's Circle, worth a look even on a day without racing.
    — Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of reworks
Verb
  • El Niño changes the weather around the world by adjusting where heat is released into the atmosphere, which alters major wind patterns.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But what completely alters Toronto’s trajectory and keeps the Maple Leafs in the upper echelon is the arrival of Gavin McKenna.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
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