as in relocates
to change the place or position of
she repositioned the wood before taking another swing with the ax
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Recent Examples of repositions
Acting in a movie involves a lot of waiting around, too—as the crew repositions cameras and adjusts the lighting, among other things—and those lulls provided me with plenty of time to feel queasy with anxiety.
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Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Speculation is that Anne Hathaway, Emma Stone and Brad Pitt all owe their revitalized appearance to the procedure that repositions skin and the muscles beneath.
—Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
By moving fluidly between his personal studio space, traditional sonic structures, and participatory environments, Togar repositions sound as both a substance and a form of social mobilization.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The patient is put under anesthesia while a surgeon repositions fragmented bones with plates and screws.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The older woman repositions herself.
—Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
This chunk play against Pitt stands out because of the way Klubnik repositions his base to give himself an extra half-second as the deep post develops.
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Speculation is that Anne Hathaway, Emma Stone and Brad Pitt all owe their revitalized appearance to the procedure that repositions skin and the muscles beneath.
—Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
By moving fluidly between his personal studio space, traditional sonic structures, and participatory environments, Togar repositions sound as both a substance and a form of social mobilization.
—Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
The patient is put under anesthesia while a surgeon repositions fragmented bones with plates and screws.
—Katheryn Houghton, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
The older woman repositions herself.
—Weike Wang, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
This chunk play against Pitt stands out because of the way Klubnik repositions his base to give himself an extra half-second as the deep post develops.
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repositions
Verb
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That relocates the blame in the mother.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Jude relocates this tale of troubled conscience to present-day Cluj-Napoca, in Transylvania, and subjects it to a corrosively cynical twist.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Kawamura makes the point explicit late in the proceedings, with a hallucinatory outdoor sequence that briefly removes us from the train station altogether—easily the story’s most glaring structural and stylistic anomaly.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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This lets gravity do the work and removes dirt and cleaner cleanly.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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Luna and other House conservatives have vowed to hold up legislation from passing the House until the Senate moves the SAVE America Act.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The trip feels oddly smooth, as the robotaxi cleanly shifts lanes and slows down to avoid hitting other vehicles and bicycles on the road.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Gruev goes inside to Ampadu, who quickly shifts it to James Justin as Habib Diarra harries him.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Its multi-link operation technology simultaneously transfers data across bands to crush latency, making 8K streaming and cloud gaming feel instantaneous.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
9 Apr. 2026
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According to the European Space Agency, Delta V refers to a flight maneuver that transfers a spacecraft from one orbit to another.—
Sari Hitchins,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Repositions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repositions. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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