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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
Verb
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There is no length societies will not go to, no absurd logical leap people won’t take to recast our simple, human act of survival as something dirty and shameful.—
Amanda Nguyen,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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Among Season 2’s changes, the role of Pete Plenty Clouds has been recast following the death of Cole Brings Plenty, who played a sheep herder in the first season.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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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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After the order was signed, the NCAA revised its own policy on trans athletes in women’s sports, though the revision has been seen as controversial by some.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The settlement also revises the penalty structure for a school that exits the ACC’s grant of rights, a term of art that refers to a school permitting its intellectual property and media rights to be used by the conference and its business partners.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The headset has two microphones that monitor and pick up background sounds before subtracting them from the audio signal to make communications clearer and less noisy.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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As its three Oscar nominations attest, The Wild Robot subtracts spiritual fundamentalism in service of Pixarism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But in the real world, a lot of different factors can alter how easily measles transmits.—
Alyson Hurt,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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In some cases, they were altered for the purpose of recording information.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The whales, mostly spotted off Washington and British Columbia, Canada, are an endangered population, numbered at 73, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Mar. 2025
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In Biden’s first address in 2021 the average audience numbered 26.9 million.—
Brad Adgate,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Critical thinking, the ability to reengineer processes when needed and the ability to manage that change effectively are also critical.—
Jeffrey Hammond,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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But digitalization is allowing organizations in the UK and Canada to reengineer these systems and processes, replacing them with agile digital services.—
Richard Hobbs,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, or PURA, will be transformed into a quasi-public authority and the current PURA chair, Marissa Gillett, will continue in her position as chief regulator of whatever agency rules.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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Launched in December 2024, Veo 2 transforms text prompts into high-quality videos up to 4K resolution.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Refigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refigure. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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