restructure
verb
re·struc·ture
(ˌ)rē-ˈstrək-chər 
restructured; restructuring; restructures
: to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of
: to restructure something
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The college is restructuring its Humanities Department.
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Its first bankruptcy hearing Wednesday took place far from the company’s home in Silicon Valley, and was also well away from the courtrooms in New York, Delaware and Houston that have dominated the business of restructuring major corporations for more than a decade.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Roles change, companies restructure and industries shift.
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But any efforts to restructure the agency or slash jobs are likely to face further protests and court challenges.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Roles change, companies restructure and industries shift.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
But any efforts to restructure the agency or slash jobs are likely to face further protests and court challenges.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
The real question is no longer about whether AI should be adopted, but rather, how enterprises will restructure themselves to be truly AI-first, agile and future-ready.
—Jabin Geevarghese George, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for restructure
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restructure
verb
re·struc·ture
rē-ˈstrək-chər
: to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of
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restructure
verb
re·struc·ture
ˌrē-ˈstrək-chər
restructured; restructuring
: to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of
restructure a corporation
companies trying to restructure their debt—Claudia MacLachlan
Claudia MacLachlan
: to restructure something
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