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recast

[ree-kast, -kahst, ree-kast, -kahst] / riˈkæst, -ˈkɑst, ˈriˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /










VERB
revolutionize
Synonyms


VERB
rewrite
Synonyms


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As the nation abandoned Reconstruction, a generation of politicians and historians recast Johnson as a martyr to congressional tyranny.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

"It's unfortunate that something so personal and happy can be recast as something political or sinister simply because of who someone is or where they come from," the post added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

But by the time of his death, at age 100, the 2008 global financial crisis had recast his aura of technocratic omnipotence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

“My protected speech, civic engagement, public records activity and advocacy were recast as misconduct,” she added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Later scientific revolutions have transformed our knowledge, but they have not melted down and recast our idea of science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Her confidante immediately hastens off to write “The Tears of the Comet,” an allegorical tale that decorously recasts certain incidents from his stay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The play, which radically recasts the fraternal relationship, developed far beyond its originating impetus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

The study also recasts homeobox gene TPRX2 thatencodes DNA-binding proteins.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024

“Life on Delay” recasts stuttering and, in doing so, challenges long-standing attitudes toward disability.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023

As a rule, when an author recasts some passage that he wishes to revise, he does so by rewriting the whole, or at least by interpolating passages at one stroke, so to speak.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Peter Anthony Motteux

Segal’s first novel, “Other People’s Houses,” is a precise, objectively observed recasting of her autobiography that empathetically depicts the five families that fostered her in England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

RidgeAlloy is made by remelting aluminum recovered from used products and recasting it into a new alloy designed to meet the strength, ductility and crash safety requirements of structural vehicle components.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

Playwrights addressed the polis not by dramatizing current events but by recasting tales from the mythological and historic past to sharpen critical thinking on contemporary concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

That is why he is recasting himself as a unifying figure - someone prepared to reach out across party lines to work with others to get things done.

From BBC ● May 4, 2025

They’re like movies I edit and embroider and watch over and over again, regularly recasting the villains and updating the minor details.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris


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