recast
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Near the heavily fortified frontier dividing the Korean peninsula, the abandoned Woljeong-ri station is being recast as a symbol of South Korea's hopes to reconcile with the North.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Our critic said the presentation “sets out to recast Moses as more complicated than the cheerful, childlike images her name conjures and as a legitimizer of self-taught art.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“My protected speech, civic engagement, public records activity and advocacy were recast as misconduct,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
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
That same year, another event forced me to recast my whole approach to political work.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
“You Wished for This” careens from ponderous ambience to shredded digital noise; The two parts of “Love is in the Air” recasts the yearning of a classic Hollywood love theme into a blood-soaked rictus grin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
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 Mexican writer Enrigue recasts the fateful meeting between Hernán Cortés and the Aztecs in this hallucinatory novel, translated by Natasha Wimmer.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
And these abridgments or recasts are professedly the work of Le Maistre Rusticien de Pise.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
When respondents were asked about recasting their votes, only 84% replied they would vote again for the president.
From Salon ● Apr. 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
Millennial and GenZ influencers, some paid by telehealth companies, evangelize antidepressants on TikTok and Instagram using such hashtags as #livelaughlexapro, #lexaprogirly, #lexaho and #zoloftgang, recasting the medications as pop-culture touchstones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
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
Hamilton was a musical celebration of America’s history and diversity, recasting our understanding of the roles minorities play in our national story, highlighting the importance of women who’d long been overshadowed by powerful men.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
