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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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These days, the prevailing style of curmudgeonry is either nakedly bigoted or, like this one, an extended straw-man argument recast as a bold, brand-new revelation: Heterosexuality is good?

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

Several of the proposed cities never got off the ground, others were recast as more modest enterprises.

From BBC May 25, 2026

Källenius’s comments come as the German manufacturing sector, which has been largely stagnant for years, seeks to recast itself as a major player in the West’s defense arsenal.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

It’s easier to recast a hardship withdrawal as a positive if it solves a temporary financial problem.

From MarketWatch May 1, 2026

Once that was done, he began to recast the Celestial bronze scraps.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The retelling of the first lady’s life recasts her as a petulant former cabaret performer who would rather be on stage than in the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

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

From Science Daily Feb. 6, 2024

The modern-language adaptation is by Soeren Voima, an authors’ collective, and it recasts Shakespeare’s darkest play as an outer-space soap opera with echoes of “Star Wars” and “Doctor Who.”

From New York Times Dec. 15, 2022

It’s a striking act of imagination that recasts her earlier research with new emotional power.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 2022

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 Motteux, Peter Anthony

If the data turned hotter or colder, the rival drafts were a dress rehearsal for recasting policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 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

If I really can’t sleep, I kill time casting and recasting both my coach and the genetically altered Hugh.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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