as in alteration
the act, process, or result of making different
thought that the room looked no better for all the remaking and rearranging we did
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1
as in remodeling
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 replicating
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 remaking
Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Remake, a fashion advocacy group, hosted a Wear Your Values Weekend at Parsons The New School that included a panel on reselling, remaking and recycling.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Attacks on academia are fundamentally about remaking the labor practices that define higher education.
—Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Silent Hill 2 did the impossible by remaking an iconic game.
—Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Tunnels will cut travel times between Verona and Munich by more than half to 2½ hours, between Milan and Paris by at least 30% to 4½ hours and put the Ligurian port city of Genoa within commuting distance of Italy’s finance and fashion capital — significantly remaking the Europe transit map.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Khusnullin has earned Putin’s unconditional trust due to his lengthy experience in remaking cities.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
My mind taking apart, then remaking.
—Leila Chatti
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Since the dawn of animal life, over a half-billion years ago, animals have set about remaking the landscape in ways that have benefited their own reproduction and survival.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
That victory led to Legacy, a new album that finds Fogerty literally remaking his past from a place of love.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
The then-lame duck governor’s massive remaking of his office included facial recognition cameras and historically accurate paint, molding and architectural features meant to mimic the original style of 200-plus years ago.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Remake, a fashion advocacy group, hosted a Wear Your Values Weekend at Parsons The New School that included a panel on reselling, remaking and recycling.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Across the border, Guyana’s oil boom is remaking the country—supercharging growth while widening the social fault lines that sudden wealth can expose.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Attacks on academia are fundamentally about remaking the labor practices that define higher education.
—Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Silent Hill 2 did the impossible by remaking an iconic game.
—Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Tunnels will cut travel times between Verona and Munich by more than half to 2½ hours, between Milan and Paris by at least 30% to 4½ hours and put the Ligurian port city of Genoa within commuting distance of Italy’s finance and fashion capital — significantly remaking the Europe transit map.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Khusnullin has earned Putin’s unconditional trust due to his lengthy experience in remaking cities.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
My mind taking apart, then remaking.
—Leila Chatti
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Since the dawn of animal life, over a half-billion years ago, animals have set about remaking the landscape in ways that have benefited their own reproduction and survival.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
That victory led to Legacy, a new album that finds Fogerty literally remaking his past from a place of love.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remaking
Noun
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So that seemingly innocent Machu Picchu stamp—one of the most popular souvenir stamps around—could be viewed not as a harmless keepsake but as an unauthorized alteration that might jeopardize your ability to travel.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Earlier alterations were made incrementally, and only after much deliberation.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Kelly Emerson, senior designer at Aidan Design in Silver Spring, Maryland, finds that this reads early 2000s, and Dallen Russell, remodeling advisor at InSite Builders & Remodeling in Bethesda, Maryland, agrees.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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By replicating the visual fidelity of reality, retina E-paper brings science closer to creating virtual worlds that the human eye cannot distinguish from the real one.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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From musicians and photographers to designers and artists, the store is a source of inspiration for New York City creatives—not for replicating designs but for creating new ideas.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Women typically spend the middle 60% of their lives in relatively ill-health, due to hormonal changes, diagnostic delays, and other factors, and the last 30% of their lives in relatively good health.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Last season’s coaching cycle only featured 16 by the end of the year, which is relatively active, and 2023’s was the most aggressive in decades, with the likes of Alabama and Michigan headlining 31 changes.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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By refusing to specify details of the case, the government keeps the possibility alive of changing their reasoning or their claims to have the same effect for different reasons—just as the mob changes its reasoning for killing Cinna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Of course, the heaviest anti-Shannon edit came from Sage, who noticed everything from the register of Shannon’s voice changing to her adversary being a giant shark wearing a cute seal mask.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Variety can help prevent boredom, burnout, and injuries from repeating the same motions over and over.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
28 Oct. 2025
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For most of modern baseball history, repeating has been pretty much a Yankees thing.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With goal difference not a factor in this three-match format, there was no incentive for Miami to push forward in the final period, and Nashville never looked like turning the contest around.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Careful measurement of these differences might still allow scientists to distinguish between the two scenarios.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The habitat-modifying keystone species play a vital role in the region’s ecosystem supporting the health and dispersal of wildlife and other native plants.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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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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“Remaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remaking. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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