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as in to recast
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Recent Examples of refigure
Muldrow does what Black artists have always done uniquely well — signify upon, revise and refigure a theme, expanding an existing form through a clever new one.
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New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
That has affected local organizations including the Houston Choral Society who has been forced to refigure their presentation of music for the safety of both their performers and patrons.
—David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2020
On the flip side, the onus is on opponents to refigure the Spurs out, a task that continues with today’s game against rookie star Ja Morant and the eighth-place Memphis Grizzlies.
—Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 1 Aug. 2020
The provision was sought by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce to help businesses avoid having to refigure withholdings for thousands of employees who have been working remotely for weeks to avoid spreading the deadly coronavirus.
—Robert Higgs, cleveland, 23 Apr. 2020
The film works to refigure the identity of the assassination buff, registering his or her inquest as essentially futile.
—Art Simon, Slate Magazine, 21 July 2017
New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
That has affected local organizations including the Houston Choral Society who has been forced to refigure their presentation of music for the safety of both their performers and patrons.
—David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2020
On the flip side, the onus is on opponents to refigure the Spurs out, a task that continues with today’s game against rookie star Ja Morant and the eighth-place Memphis Grizzlies.
—Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 1 Aug. 2020
The provision was sought by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce to help businesses avoid having to refigure withholdings for thousands of employees who have been working remotely for weeks to avoid spreading the deadly coronavirus.
—Robert Higgs, cleveland, 23 Apr. 2020
The film works to refigure the identity of the assassination buff, registering his or her inquest as essentially futile.
—Art Simon, Slate Magazine, 21 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refigure
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He was recast by Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale), who starred in 2022's Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.—
Ryan Coleman Published,
EW.com,
8 July 2025
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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
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Reducing the size of a fund also means recomputing management fees, and therefore handing money back to limited partners.—
BYJessica Mathews,
Fortune,
31 July 2023
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Clearing the entire browsing history will cause Chrome to recompute the FLoC ID.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
12 June 2021
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One was a report from the House Intelligence Committee drafted by Republicans in 2017 and revised in 2020.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Obsidian Entertainment has already revised the price for The Outer Worlds 2 across game stores.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Each firm has its competencies and costing schedules, but more obvious differentiation manifests itself in terms of how far each vendor can extend into the edge computing space and, crucially, make use of AI accelerators and intelligence boosters.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Making Android the base of Google's personal computing efforts could fuel the company's next attempt to compete with the iPad.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 July 2025
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The photo, along with its metadata are hashed so it can't be altered.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Companies face the choice of making costly, long-term investment decisions amid Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff policies, which the White House has altered numerous times since Trump took office, some analysts said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
19 July 2025
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However, if Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a say, the days of that technicolor candy might be numbered.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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They're all numbered and accompanied by a card of authenticity that's signed by the makers.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Politicians in both big political parties have been trying to reengineer the U.S. economy to boost manufacturing.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
17 June 2025
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Long dismissed as fanciful, such attempts to reengineer the earth’s atmosphere are suddenly being taken seriously by at least some mainstream experts.—
Stewart Patrick,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Dec. 2013
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Then, in the ’60s, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss transformed it into recording studios for their newly booming A&M label.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
23 July 2025
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This method transforms what could be a tough cut of meat into a tangy, tender bite.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
23 July 2025
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“Refigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refigure. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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