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
He was recast by Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale), who starred in 2022's Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
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Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 8 July 2025
More than the narrator of a fascinating chapter in film history, Mankiewicz is recasting his own family’s heritage and the reputation of a film whose impact, while great, is perhaps unfairly perceived.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 July 2025
Placing Black genius in Afro-Caribbean hands allows musical lineages to be uprooted and recast by their descendants' hands.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Along the way, the administration recast the U.S. commitment to European security from a mutually beneficial partnership to a sucker’s game that enabled gluttonous free-riding at Americans’ expense.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
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Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 8 July 2025
More than the narrator of a fascinating chapter in film history, Mankiewicz is recasting his own family’s heritage and the reputation of a film whose impact, while great, is perhaps unfairly perceived.
—Rance Collins, IndieWire, 2 July 2025
Placing Black genius in Afro-Caribbean hands allows musical lineages to be uprooted and recast by their descendants' hands.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Along the way, the administration recast the U.S. commitment to European security from a mutually beneficial partnership to a sucker’s game that enabled gluttonous free-riding at Americans’ expense.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recast
Verb
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Scholarships for underrepresented students are frozen or modified.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 July 2025
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In congressional budget processes, authorizations establish or modify government programs while appropriations provide the actual funding for those programs.—
Shalin Jyotishi,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Since all the council members sit on the budget committee that voted and heard budget, little, if anything, in the budget is expected to change.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025
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These leadership changes follow the departure of Barbara Lynne Jamison, who has become General Director and CEO of Opera Colorado.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
30 July 2025
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That changed in January 2020 when the administration moved employees into the unoccupied 101 Ash Street building, only to evacuate it because city contractors had released asbestos while remodeling.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2025
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The racetrack opened in 1927; the Post and Paddock Club followed two years later and was periodically remodeled.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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The photo, along with its metadata are hashed so it can't be altered.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Companies face the choice of making costly, long-term investment decisions amid Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff policies, which the White House has altered numerous times since Trump took office, some analysts said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
19 July 2025
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The Browns have reworked Watson’s contract multiple times to lower his cap numbers and could do so again after this season.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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So, consider this your cue to clean out your fridge, rework your schedule or finally book that doctor’s appointment.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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Sacha Baron Cohen has officially joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and transformed his physique in the process.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Then, in the ’60s, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss transformed it into recording studios for their newly booming A&M label.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
23 July 2025
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“Recast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recast. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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