as in to modify
to make different in some way
once he recast the question in different terms, I understood what he was asking
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Recent Examples of recast
They had been spurred on by years of rhetoric that recast political debates as spiritual battles with apocalyptic stakes.
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Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
In the movie, a bright, striving teenager navigates the terrors of Jim Crow South and makes a split-decision that recasts the course of his life.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
If so much time passes that General Hospital is forced to recast Spencer, that would be all right with Chavez, who replaced Nicolas Bechtel when the character was aged up in 2021.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2024
And an elegant rooftop dance that recasts them as an outsider Fred and Ginger against a giant moon is lovely.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
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Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
In the movie, a bright, striving teenager navigates the terrors of Jim Crow South and makes a split-decision that recasts the course of his life.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
If so much time passes that General Hospital is forced to recast Spencer, that would be all right with Chavez, who replaced Nicolas Bechtel when the character was aged up in 2021.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2024
And an elegant rooftop dance that recasts them as an outsider Fred and Ginger against a giant moon is lovely.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recast
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The tool can modify sentences or longer sections of text to shorten or lengthen the word count, change the tone, or format it in a different way.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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However, some stores may have modified hours to accommodate workers who are voting.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Hungarian has transformed his country’s democratic system by changing electoral laws to ensure only his party can win elections.Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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Yet, almost everyone knows the climate is changing.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Rife store had just been remodeled into a beauty school, but was destroyed and is now a parking lot.James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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The skull was found in November 1978 by James Skinner, who was remodeling his house on East Wilson Street, according to Russell.R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Commission Chair Jerry Langley subsequently made a motion to deny the application in its entirety instead of opting to alter the application via a commission vote.Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The question remains whether to do this by traditional means: raising interest rates, potentially higher and faster than is currently priced in; or altering capital regulations to reverse Japan’s NIIP.Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, per Bloomberg, Apple has plans to rework the device and lower the cost in an attempt to appeal to a broader consumer base.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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The app most recent update reworked its masking process and added the ability to hide an image’s background with AI.Emma Roth, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
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If Harris wins and Democrats control Congress, progressive policymaking could transform every sector.Erin Doherty, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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The first opportunity to draft my full playbook presented itself when Intuit hired me to transform the engineering team and move the company to an online platform.Mamie Jones, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recast. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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