Examples of recast in a Sentence
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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Subsequent border clashes with Cambodia allowed Anutin to recast himself as a wartime leader after his popularity initially slipped because of floods and financial scandals.
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Grant Peck, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Timothy Busfield allegations The actor, who is accused of inappropriate physical contact with two child actors, has maintained his innocence and argued that the allegations are an act of retaliation after the boys were recast on the show.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
There’s a perverse streak of what is either Hollywood metacommentary or simple cruelty in the fact that The Beauty has cast actors whom the industry might consider unappealing, then recast them with other, hotter actors once the Beauty takes hold.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Zayas was recast in the part and re-shot Busfield’s scenes.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Grant Peck, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Timothy Busfield allegations The actor, who is accused of inappropriate physical contact with two child actors, has maintained his innocence and argued that the allegations are an act of retaliation after the boys were recast on the show.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
There’s a perverse streak of what is either Hollywood metacommentary or simple cruelty in the fact that The Beauty has cast actors whom the industry might consider unappealing, then recast them with other, hotter actors once the Beauty takes hold.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Zayas was recast in the part and re-shot Busfield’s scenes.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recast. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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recast
verb
re·cast
(ˈ)rē-ˈkast 
recast; recasting
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