restructure
verb
re·struc·ture
(ˌ)rē-ˈstrək-chər 
restructured; restructuring; restructures
: to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of
: to restructure something
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The college is restructuring its Humanities Department.
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The company is still overseen by a nonprofit parent and has faced significant hurdles in its goal to restructure into a for-profit, due largely to Musk, who has become one of Altman’s chief adversaries.
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Hayden Field, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
Alemany had recently been assigned to the White House for the Washington Post, and has contributed to coverage of the second Trump administration’s efforts to restructure the federal government.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Two years ago the Dolphins restructured Chubb’s deal to create $14.6 million in cap space.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
The video arcade industry was forcibly restructuring in 1983 due to multiple societal changes at that time, the emergence of the bricks-and-mortar movie video rental industry and the proliferation of home consoles, and even Wikipedia now recognizes the video game crash of 1983.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
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Hayden Field, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
Alemany had recently been assigned to the White House for the Washington Post, and has contributed to coverage of the second Trump administration’s efforts to restructure the federal government.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Two years ago the Dolphins restructured Chubb’s deal to create $14.6 million in cap space.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
The video arcade industry was forcibly restructuring in 1983 due to multiple societal changes at that time, the emergence of the bricks-and-mortar movie video rental industry and the proliferation of home consoles, and even Wikipedia now recognizes the video game crash of 1983.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Restructure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restructure. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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restructure
verb
re·struc·ture
rē-ˈstrək-chər
: to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of
Legal Definition
restructure
verb
re·struc·ture
ˌrē-ˈstrək-chər
restructured; restructuring
: to change the makeup, organization, or pattern of
restructure a corporation
companies trying to restructure their debt—Claudia MacLachlan
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: to restructure something
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