revamp

verb

(ˌ)rē-ˈvamp How to pronounce revamp (audio)
Definition of revampnext
1
as in to remodel
to make different in some way the automaker is revamping a number of its cars in an effort to make them more appealing to younger consumers

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2
as in to edit
to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating revamped the short story so that it would fit better with the magazine's other offerings

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3
as in to repair
to put into good shape or working order again it will be cheaper to replace the old machinery than it would be to revamp it

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Recent Examples of revamp The Third-Generation Overseas In 2016, head of design Vincent Kaufmann once again revamped Vacheron’s signature travel watch collection by tweaking its aesthetic codes and, crucially, giving it a suite of in-house movements. — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2025 Some organizers revamped safety and emergency plans, adjusting procedures as recommended by law enforcement. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025 The Hurricanes men’s basketball team on Monday formally introduced new coach Jai Lucas, who has a tall task ahead of him in revamping a program that went from playing in the Final Four two years ago to winning just seven games this season. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025 More news: Russell Wilson Could Land With Surprising AFC Team Amid Free Agency Rumors The season was derailed by injuries, but Dallas is looking to revamp and reload heading into the 2025 campaign. — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for revamp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revamp
  1. remodel
  2. edit
  3. repair
  4. change
  5. rework
  6. rebuild
  7. modify
  8. revise
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  • For example, bone is constantly being remodeled in response to exercise or inactivity.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • After remodeling to fit their needs, the restaurant opened in February.
    — Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
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  • In the making of the film, what was initially planned as a five-month shoot stretched over a year, leaving Coppola to edit over a million feet of film, and was plagued by disaster after disaster.
    — Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The collection has been brilliantly edited and translated by Gwendolyn Harper (who also works part-time in The New Yorker’s fiction department).
    — Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2025
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  • In this filme, based on the novel by Philip Beard, Sink’s Tess tries to repair her relationship with her drug-dealing biological father Nick (Theo Rossi) after the tragic death of her younger half-sister.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025
  • For now, locals will be repairing the damage—and wondering what is in store for them.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
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  • Discussions around changing West Ada’s classroom display policy in 2022 were informed by this new law, with content neutrality seen as a way to prevent bias — or accusations of bias — in schools.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Details of songs even vary from whale population to population, often changing over the course of a mating season.
    — Shawn Simpson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of change
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  • The band remix opens at No. 21, followed closely by the Johnny Gold reworking at No. 22, and the instrumental version at No. 23.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Now that the House passed its budget, the Senate will have a turn to rework the House resolution.
    — Zach Halaschak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of rework
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  • And that’s even before Brian Flynn, long-time Burnley resident and legendary former Wrexham manager who effectively rebuilt the club in the 1990s, pops up to say hello.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Examples of such projects include rebuilding a highway, bridge or railway.
    — Albert C. Lin, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of rebuild
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  • But while public opinion has swayed towards Trump on border security and deportations, polling shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of the president’s position on modifying birthright citizenship, with a recent Pew survey measuring 56% opposed to his executive order and just 43% in favor.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes and, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
  • So, by modifying mouse genes to mimic these changes, the researchers have successfully engineered a living model of mammoth-like traits—a first-of-its-kind experiment in de-extinction science.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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  • The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to curtail a lower court’s ability to issue a national injunction, hatching a novel legal strategy in its bid to radically revise a bedrock American principle: birthright citizenship.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes and, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
  • El Paso County officials initially estimated the fire was 4,000 acres, but revised the size to 3,000 acres Thursday night.
    — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
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