Definition of remakenext
1
as in to remodel
to make different in some way one of those people who left the security and conformity of a small town to remake their lives in the big city

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2
as in to replicate
to make or do again yesterday's soup was so good that we decided to remake it for today's lunch

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Recent Examples of remake He’s further slighted after the Emperor commissions him to remake one of his old operas so audiences might remember the country’s past successes. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2026 French revolutionaries sought to remake their society, executing tens of thousands of those who stood in their way. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Zadik Zadikian’s project, The Studio, turns a 5,000-square-foot space inside the Arsenale into a working studio, where Zadikian and his assistants will spend the six months of the Biennale’s run making and remaking sculptures in front of visitors. Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026 But in recent years the province has come to represent Beijing’s drive to remake its interior, as one of China’s fastest growing provinces by gross domestic product and an emerging hub for big data and green energy. Time Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for remake
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Verb
  • Some home improvements can be expensive, such as adding central air conditioning or remodeling an entire room of your house.
    Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2026
  • The second Wild Sisters bookstore will be housed in the new and remodeled Paperwork Building, the owners wrote online.
    Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Back to my Taylor Sheirdan example, none of those wannabe Yellowstone shows have been as good, because his unique voice can’t be replicated.
    Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
  • That decision — to rebuild rather than replicate — is the real story of what separates the companies pulling ahead with AI from the ones that aren’t.
    Dennis Woodside, Fortune, 17 May 2026
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  • Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
  • The interest rate may be seen as a stand-in for immutable deep parameters like people’s rate of time preference, or as a price set within the financial system, which can be modified to achieve our collective goals.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
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  • Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit, the man repeated.
    Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • When the company investigated, the same issue had been repeated across a majority of the homes one of our many subcontractors worked on.
    Rick Tollakson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • The map has changed multiple times over the past month, and at one point was removed from the website entirely.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • Even when facing the best offense in baseball, Imanaga’s standard doesn’t change.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Trump made the announcement in a social media post on Monday after threatening over the weekend that time was running out for Iran to strike a deal or fighting would renew.
    Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
  • Focus on developing a disciplined, ongoing capacity to adapt, learn and renew.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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  • Now, the qualifying procedure — which was already slightly altered from previous years — is getting altered again.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • The dermatology and wellness center blends functional and aesthetic medicine to offer treatments designed to enhance natural features rather than dramatically alter them.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
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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.
    Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • Leading the charge this season are statement midi skirts, reimagined suiting separates and the takeover of glove pumps, all reworked with a fresh twist that feels more personal than corporate.
    Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 15 May 2026

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“Remake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remake. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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