reframe
verb
re·frame
(ˌ)rē-ˈfrām 
reframed; reframing
: to frame (something) again and often in a different way
Tom, a seasoned renovator, … reframed the crooked doorways …—
Gillian Barth
Gillian BarthThe more lines of discoloration there are near the frame edges (from where the mounting paper has been exposed to light), the more times the silhouette has probably been reframed.—Carolyn B. Noyes
Carolyn B. Noyes… deftly reframes the debate, asserting that the war was never about W.M.D.s but about transforming the political dynamic of the region …—Yoni Brenner
Yoni Brenner… cognitive-behavioral therapy, in which patients slowly expose themselves to the places and circumstances that frighten them and reframe the catastrophic thinking that torments them.—Jeffrey Kluger
Jeffrey KlugerAll failures are reframed as "good tries."—Jon Krause
Jon KrauseExamples of reframe in a Sentence
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That reframes how early magnetism seeded galaxies and plasma behavior on the largest scales.
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That production is play number two in Three Bone’s multi-season trilogy that reframes classic Greek tragedies as modern stories about concerns within the Chicano and Latino communities.
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Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Being able to tie your workload to business growth reframes your ask as an investment, not just a capacity complaint.
—Sarah Chambers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
That reframes how early magnetism seeded galaxies and plasma behavior on the largest scales.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
That production is play number two in Three Bone’s multi-season trilogy that reframes classic Greek tragedies as modern stories about concerns within the Chicano and Latino communities.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reframe
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“Reframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reframe. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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