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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Friend’s crash, and survival, did not radically recast the project.
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025
But here, Clooney has recast himself as journalistic hero Edward R. Murrow, who in the early 1950s defied U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his efforts to stoke anti-communist hysteria through the media.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
After the Brooklyn Nine-Nine alum died unexpectedly after living with lung cancer, his character was recast and Giancarlo Esposito took over the role.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The number of girls who could be Pit Girl (the teen who died in the very first episode) has been reduced to basically two: Mari and Gen (the latter was recast for Season 3, which really confused me).
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2025
But here, Clooney has recast himself as journalistic hero Edward R. Murrow, who in the early 1950s defied U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his efforts to stoke anti-communist hysteria through the media.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
After the Brooklyn Nine-Nine alum died unexpectedly after living with lung cancer, his character was recast and Giancarlo Esposito took over the role.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The number of girls who could be Pit Girl (the teen who died in the very first episode) has been reduced to basically two: Mari and Gen (the latter was recast for Season 3, which really confused me).
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recast. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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recast
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re·cast
(ˈ)rē-ˈkast 
recast; recasting
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