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The director decided to recast the movie with unknowns.
When she quit the movie, I was recast in the leading role.
The director recast some of the actors in the play.
You should recast the last sentence in your essay to make it clearer.
He recast his political image to fit the times.
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After it was announced that Bravo would be recasting VPR entirely, many fans began to share memories of the past decade of the show.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
Yet the casting choice highlights how Callas recast herself in the 1950s, shedding a third of her body mass to transform from a zaftig soprano cliché into a high-fashion sylph (and in the process, sacrificing a bit of her oomph).
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Take a breath, and recast your vision for this trip.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
Using the art of renowned artist Al Hirschfeld, the tarot deck recasts famous characters, icons, and more as the tarot symbols — think West Side Story's Tony and Maria as the Lovers, Sweeney Todd as the Devil, and Annie's Daddy Warbucks as the King of Coins.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
Yet the casting choice highlights how Callas recast herself in the 1950s, shedding a third of her body mass to transform from a zaftig soprano cliché into a high-fashion sylph (and in the process, sacrificing a bit of her oomph).
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Take a breath, and recast your vision for this trip.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
Using the art of renowned artist Al Hirschfeld, the tarot deck recasts famous characters, icons, and more as the tarot symbols — think West Side Story's Tony and Maria as the Lovers, Sweeney Todd as the Devil, and Annie's Daddy Warbucks as the King of Coins.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recast. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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recast
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re·cast
(ˈ)rē-ˈkast 
recast; recasting
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