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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 recasts
Sarnoski’s version likewise recasts the female character as a benevolent force, and is largely stripped of romance — though permits itself a streak of sentimentality in a subplot concerning the grizzled outlaw’s gentle bond with a young girl.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
11 June 2026
The word — so often a diabolical four-letter dismissal — recasts precision as excess, ambition as ego, obsession as spectacle.
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New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
The group recasts these songs with somber, chant-like harmonies and sparse backing—drums, keys, and electric guitar.
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Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
Dior recasts the classic bloom in modern fashion—less powder room, more playful.
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Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
And the patchwork style of Brij Sadanah’s direction enhances the colorfully over-the-top story, which recasts Wuthering Heights as a sensationalistic revenge drama.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Xiaolu Guo recasts Ishmael as a 17-year-old girl disguised as a cabin boy and Ahab as a Black freedman named Seneca, haunted by his father’s legacy of enslavement.
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Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
6 Jan. 2026
Created by Jean-Baptiste Delafon and directed by Jessica Palud, the six-episode drama not only makes Merteuil its protagonist, but also supplies backstory that recasts her as less a monster than a wounded woman fighting for the same freedom men enjoy.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
28 Nov. 2025
The political climate in Oz has grown dark, and at the center of the moral erosion stands Madame Morrible (played with chilling precision by Michelle Yeoh), who orchestrates a propaganda campaign that recasts Elphaba as the Wicked Witch.
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Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Nov. 2025
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
11 June 2026
The word — so often a diabolical four-letter dismissal — recasts precision as excess, ambition as ego, obsession as spectacle.
—
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
The group recasts these songs with somber, chant-like harmonies and sparse backing—drums, keys, and electric guitar.
—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
Dior recasts the classic bloom in modern fashion—less powder room, more playful.
—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
And the patchwork style of Brij Sadanah’s direction enhances the colorfully over-the-top story, which recasts Wuthering Heights as a sensationalistic revenge drama.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Xiaolu Guo recasts Ishmael as a 17-year-old girl disguised as a cabin boy and Ahab as a Black freedman named Seneca, haunted by his father’s legacy of enslavement.
—
Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
6 Jan. 2026
Created by Jean-Baptiste Delafon and directed by Jessica Palud, the six-episode drama not only makes Merteuil its protagonist, but also supplies backstory that recasts her as less a monster than a wounded woman fighting for the same freedom men enjoy.
—
Judy Berman,
Time,
28 Nov. 2025
The political climate in Oz has grown dark, and at the center of the moral erosion stands Madame Morrible (played with chilling precision by Michelle Yeoh), who orchestrates a propaganda campaign that recasts Elphaba as the Wicked Witch.
—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recasts
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The company’s claim is that MST modifies the mechanical stress state of the silicon surface in a way that discourages dislocation nucleation and propagation during the subsequent GaN growth steps.
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This bill modifies the sales-in-error regulations to create a new category for any current outstanding certificates to be automatically declared in error, meaning those sales will be reversed, tax buyers will be refunded and the process will restart under the new statute.
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More than just structural support For decades, scientists have known that bone provides support, stores minerals and continuously remodels itself.
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The push in beauty comes at a time when Walmart is doubling down on the style category, giving beauty, fashion and home prime real estate adjacent to the highly trafficked grocery or pharmacy departments in about 100 stores, with more to be added as the company remodels existing formats.
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This specific combination alters the safety profile of the facility.
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That ocean warming alters where thunderstorm activity concentrates near the equator, which in turn shifts the position of the jet stream — the fast-moving river of air that steers storms across North America.
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Both her steel hull and aluminum superstructure are finished in a custom warm gray hue with a subtle pearlescent quality that changes with light.
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After that 18-month trial, patients could lose access to Medicare coverage for GLP-1s used for weight loss unless the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issues an extension or Congress changes the law, according to Cubanski.
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Perhaps, but Alonso’s attentive gaze reworks the meaning of excitement such that a banal exchange with the nearby farmhand, and a drive into the nearby village, provide minor thrills — that is, if you’re properly settled onto Alonso’s serenely sluggish wavelength.
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Alongside the course reworks, the statement announced the creation of a caddie academy by the Evans Scholars Foundation at East Potomac and a training school at Langston overseen by First Tee.
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As artificial intelligence transforms the job market and rising living costs squeeze family budgets, the University of California system is making the case that its degrees remain valuable investments.
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Each chair transforms into a full-size foam mattress that's already stored inside -- no air pumps or extra storage required.
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“Recasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recasts. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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