as in to modify
to make different in some way
we completely remodeled the house right after we moved in
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Recent Examples of remodel
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.
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Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025
Recognizing a need at receiver, the Steelers went to work remodeling that group on the fly.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
The house is fully remodeled with a living room, primary suite, and multiple decks offering full lake views, according to the listing.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The shooting happened March 10, 2022, near 28th Street and Indian School Road, where a work crew was remodeling an apartment building and cleaning up for lunch.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 13 Dec. 2025
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Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025
Recognizing a need at receiver, the Steelers went to work remodeling that group on the fly.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
The house is fully remodeled with a living room, primary suite, and multiple decks offering full lake views, according to the listing.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The shooting happened March 10, 2022, near 28th Street and Indian School Road, where a work crew was remodeling an apartment building and cleaning up for lunch.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 13 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remodel
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Keep your closet well-lit and modify it with hooks, bins, and more.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
14 Jan. 2026
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The church has submitted a building permit application to modify the space.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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With the protests in Iran growing by the day, the conversations in our chats changed to signs of hope even amid grave concerns about our family's safety.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Jan. 2026
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Gilbert himself pursued the project after his divorce changed his perception of what family life would look like.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Digital abundance hasn’t really altered that, at least not in my experience.—
Dan Turello,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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The biggest change of all, though — one which actually could alter the structure of the show — is the concept of the Secret Traitor, whose role is to provide a shortlist of people whom the main Traitors can select for murder.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2026
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The design reworks the Gel-Quantum 360 I AMP’s entire upper, stripping away the mesh and suede overlays for a nearly one-piece construction.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Last and First Tales is a collection of stories selected by the author, including some of his early writing and his more mature and celebrated work, some reworked into new versions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Ugg has since transformed its cozy shoe collection, debuting fresh silhouettes each winter that reliably find a place in everyone's closet.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2026
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But if needed, the purse can transform into a crossbody with the attachable 23-inch adjustable strap.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Remodel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remodel. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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