as in to remodel
to make different in some way
refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook
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Recent Examples of refashion
The show is loosely based on the stripper’s memoir, but Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book, refashioned it as the story of her mother.
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Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
The painstaking restoration of Notre Dame involved the labor of hundreds of specialized artisans who refashioned everything from the lead sheets used to form the nave’s peaked roof to vital portions of stone masonry, CBS reported.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
And a reprise of a ballad about happy days, first played as a falsehood only to be refashioned as a genuine statement of rebirth, suggests inspiration momentarily winning over perspiration.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
To refashion your bathroom with an eye toward the classic style, read on for 17 timeless midcentury modern bathroom ideas.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
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Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
The painstaking restoration of Notre Dame involved the labor of hundreds of specialized artisans who refashioned everything from the lead sheets used to form the nave’s peaked roof to vital portions of stone masonry, CBS reported.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
And a reprise of a ballad about happy days, first played as a falsehood only to be refashioned as a genuine statement of rebirth, suggests inspiration momentarily winning over perspiration.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
To refashion your bathroom with an eye toward the classic style, read on for 17 timeless midcentury modern bathroom ideas.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refashion
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Similarly, furniture, mattresses, and home improvement goods could also be affected, making home renovations and remodeling more costly.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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The owners of local chain Sidecar Slider Bar will remodel the space on West Nine Mile Road in order to open a new concept.—
Joe Guillen,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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Using the gene-editing technique CRISPR, scientists can modify the pig’s DNA.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Based on the series parallel hybrid system used in the Prius, the Subaru version has been modified to work with Subaru's preferred boxer engine and Symmetrical AWD system.—
Aaron Turpen,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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The latter type of metamorphosis creates issues that can’t be easily altered, for instance, shortening a now too-long coat that no longer drapes over a gut.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2025
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But researchers are still trying to understand exactly how the fungus alters and affects the brains of spiders to control them.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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None of this, however, changes those one in 13.7 million mortality odds that MIT calculated.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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Over the last century, humans have dramatically changed that cycle.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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In 2017, Fort Worth ISD transformed five chronically underperforming campuses —Mitchell Boulevard, Como, John T. White, and Maude I. Logan elementary schools and Forest Oak Middle School — into leadership academies as part of a $5.5 million effort to boost academic performance at those schools.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Feb. 2025
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The Pride Promenade will transform tiny Pride Plaza and unusually wide Normal Street into a large linear park spanning from University Avenue to Lincoln Street.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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For the season, designers such as Daniel Roseberry of Schiaparelli, Thom Browne, Elie Saab and Mohammed Ashi, to name a few, reworked the corset while paying homage to Jean Paul Gaultier.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
15 Feb. 2025
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Image The Historian By Elizabeth Kostova In her fresh take on the vampire novel, Kostova reworks the Dracula legend with a historian’s meticulous attention to detail.—
M.L. Rio,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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