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 streaming potency of the 2014 film helped motivate the decision by Disney to mobilize a Moana streaming series for Disney+, which was then refashioned into a theatrical sequel.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Ever since Mangione allegedly gunned down Thompson in a December dawn ambush in New York, the 26-year-old was refashioned into a modern-day hero by those angry with health care in America, and the health insurance industry in particular.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
While Walmart refashioned the Vine City location into a Neighborhood Market and reopened it last year, the Howell Mill store closure was permanent.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Additional vehicles from West Coast Customs, such as the AMG Mercedes customized for Don Toliver or the Tesla concept refashioned for Wil.i.am, flesh out the dream lineup.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2024
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Ever since Mangione allegedly gunned down Thompson in a December dawn ambush in New York, the 26-year-old was refashioned into a modern-day hero by those angry with health care in America, and the health insurance industry in particular.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
While Walmart refashioned the Vine City location into a Neighborhood Market and reopened it last year, the Howell Mill store closure was permanent.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
Additional vehicles from West Coast Customs, such as the AMG Mercedes customized for Don Toliver or the Tesla concept refashioned for Wil.i.am, flesh out the dream lineup.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refashion
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It was remodeled by its subsequent owners—the brothers who owned the F. W. Woolworth Company—in the style of Versailles, an over-the-top gesture that from a twenty-first-century vantage point looks quintessentially nouveau riche, and quintessentially New Jersey.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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The home design cable network bought the house to remodel and give to a lucky viewer.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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The order not only modifies key elements of Biden’s January 2025 framework but also signals a broader realignment of federal cybersecurity priorities.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Box frames are less common and usually require your boat’s speaker holes to be modified to fit them.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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What begins as a family reunion turns into a disturbing chain of events that alters the balance between the world of the living and the dead, infecting an entire neighborhood with voices from beyond.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
2 June 2025
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Familiarity with those three helped Kirk learn when his pitchers’ offerings are especially locked and when he’s got to alter the plan.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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For 100 years, HEC has demonstrated that leaders who understand this truth can change the world—one relationship, one gesture, one act of care at a time.—
Laurel Donnellan,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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But discussion of changing the names had predated Biden’s presidency.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
10 June 2025
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But its theft by a Louvre employee in 1911—and its recovery in 1913—transformed it into the most famous artwork in the world.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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These firms illustrate how legacy businesses have transformed into crypto leaders, even if their IPOs predated the sector’s rise.—
Tomer Niv,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The early alert gave the company time to intervene, rework the agent’s schedule, and keep a key team member.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Could the defense be reworked if an upgrade comes along?—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Refashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refashion. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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