Examples of recast in a Sentence
The director decided to recast the movie with unknowns.
When she quit the movie, I was recast in the leading role.
The director recast some of the actors in the play.
You should recast the last sentence in your essay to make it clearer.
He recast his political image to fit the times.
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He was recast by Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale), who starred in 2022's Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
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Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 8 July 2025
More than the narrator of a fascinating chapter in film history, Mankiewicz is recasting his own family’s heritage and the reputation of a film whose impact, while great, is perhaps unfairly perceived.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 July 2025
Placing Black genius in Afro-Caribbean hands allows musical lineages to be uprooted and recast by their descendants' hands.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Along the way, the administration recast the U.S. commitment to European security from a mutually beneficial partnership to a sucker’s game that enabled gluttonous free-riding at Americans’ expense.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
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Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 8 July 2025
More than the narrator of a fascinating chapter in film history, Mankiewicz is recasting his own family’s heritage and the reputation of a film whose impact, while great, is perhaps unfairly perceived.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 July 2025
Placing Black genius in Afro-Caribbean hands allows musical lineages to be uprooted and recast by their descendants' hands.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Along the way, the administration recast the U.S. commitment to European security from a mutually beneficial partnership to a sucker’s game that enabled gluttonous free-riding at Americans’ expense.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recast. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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recast
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re·cast
(ˈ)rē-ˈkast 
recast; recasting
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