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 Spurred by drought, what was once grassland is remaking itself into a shrub desert. Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026 Thursday’s vote is the latest step in a broader effort to remake general education across Florida’s 12 public universities. Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026 Sorensen and new chief executive officer Mike Doustdar have had just months to start remaking Novo as a more aggressive and fast-moving company, but investors point to two recent missteps. Ed Silverman, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026 Lauded a few years ago by Mayor Joe Hogsett as a key site that would remake downtown's skyline, the old City Hall redevelopment by TWG Development is years delayed and shows little visual progress after three years of behind-the-scenes pre-construction work. Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for remake
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Verb
  • Completed in 2004 by builder James Nolan and architect Howard Backen, and extensively remodeled by Seacrest in collaboration with Clint Nicholas and Silvia Nobili of Nobili Marqués Arquitectura, the property offers a Tuscan-style main home, a pool house, and a guest cottage.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Several luxury vehicles were parked outside, and the property appeared recently remodeled, the outlet reported.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
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  • Vidovic noted the RedHawks are not trying to replicate the 2025 season because few teams could do that.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Given the large number of draft-eligible people, which should include women, there would be necessary and inevitable deferments, exemptions and other mechanisms that would essentially replicate the situation of previous drafts.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
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  • Alcala added that burritos were modified in the American melting pot in a similar way to sushi and pizza.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Constitution gives the power to set election rules to the state and empowers Congress to modify those rules, which means the president has no constitutional or legal authority to regulate elections, Diaz said.
    Jake Allen, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
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  • Many may fall into the trap of repeating the same formula over and over again in hopes of sustaining that momentum—but the Delta CEO says that’s the wrong approach.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Benson repeated the address and then reiterated her suggestion on the livestream.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
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  • Now called The Palms — records show the home changed ownership both in 2018 and 2019 — the ALF has been cited by health regulators for 90 violations since 2012.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Take time to renew your spiritual or religious beliefs.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The March 17 ruling triggered fury across the continent and renewed longstanding questions about the organization’s governance.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
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  • Oil had permanently altered California’s coast.
    Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Users can tweak structural parameter configuration files to suit different bamboo airframe designs without altering the core control algorithms, making advanced UAV technology more accessible.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The book reworks him—a new specialty here, a change of address there—in a way that resembles what its narrator does with Thomas.
    Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Burden of Justice was created by Jens Lapidus, a criminal defense attorney turned writer and showrunner, best known for his crime novel Snabba Cash (Easy Money), adapted as a film trilogy starring Joel Kinnaman and later reworked by Lapidus himself into a two-season Netflix series.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Remake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remake. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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