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Recent Examples of recast Layering Lighting Design: Lamps in all shapes and sizes can be used to recast the feel of a room, brighten dark corners and illuminate your treasures. Katherine Marks, New York Times, 12 May 2025 Andor creator explains recasting major Star Wars character with Benjamin Bratt [Entertainment Weekly] This blurb contains spoilers! Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025 But then that means recasting the daughter, who’s half-Asian. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025 The series, like the book, attempts to recast Cassandra more positively, along with her motive for destroying Jane’s letters, which includes keeping them away from family members like the sly Mary Austen (played by Jessica Hynes), who was married to James Austen, brother to Cassandra and Jane. Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for recast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recast
Verb
  • The order not only modifies key elements of Biden’s January 2025 framework but also signals a broader realignment of federal cybersecurity priorities.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • The ship—manned by both military and civilian personnel—has been modified to enhance its communications and self-defense capabilities.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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  • The summary will also be updated as new information is added, meaning new replies to the chain may change the summary at the top.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • Even after taking over as captain ahead of the 2018-19 season, Barkov didn’t change his approach.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
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  • During the hiatus, the station was repainted and fitted with new lighting, and its restrooms were fully remodeled with new stalls and water fountains.
    Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
  • In 2021, the company remodeled its flagship Boise store at the corner of 15th and State streets, which was built by Safeway in 1950 with a Marina-style rounded roof.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 17 May 2025
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  • What begins as a family reunion turns into a disturbing chain of events that alters the balance between the world of the living and the dead, infecting an entire neighborhood with voices from beyond.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 2 June 2025
  • Familiarity with those three helped Kirk learn when his pitchers’ offerings are especially locked and when he’s got to alter the plan.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 June 2025
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  • The early alert gave the company time to intervene, rework the agent’s schedule, and keep a key team member.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Could the defense be reworked if an upgrade comes along?
    Cory Lavalette, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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  • Apartments would transform into humid hothouses, the perfect habitat for mosquitoes, water snakes, fungus, and rushes.
    Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
  • These firms illustrate how legacy businesses have transformed into crypto leaders, even if their IPOs predated the sector’s rise.
    Tomer Niv, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025

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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recast. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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