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
In the hours following the veep’s elevation to presidential nominee on July 21, her staff took it upon themselves to embrace the brat memes by refashioning the campaign account’s Twitter layout to resemble the album-cover aesthetic of lo-fi black text superimposed on a noxious-green background.
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 23 July 2024
In Ukraine, nationalists pushed Poroshenko to refashion himself as an anti-Russian militarist.
—Katharine Quinn-Judge, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2021
The process was further modified to produce food for astronauts, and, later, refashioned to make fuel for planes, automobiles, and rocket ships.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Her songs are built around percussive amapiano beats, refashioned from ten-minute dance tracks into digestible hits.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 23 July 2024
In Ukraine, nationalists pushed Poroshenko to refashion himself as an anti-Russian militarist.
—Katharine Quinn-Judge, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2021
The process was further modified to produce food for astronauts, and, later, refashioned to make fuel for planes, automobiles, and rocket ships.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Her songs are built around percussive amapiano beats, refashioned from ten-minute dance tracks into digestible hits.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refashion
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The Keeler House: In 1990 modernist architect Ray Kappe remodeled a home for jazz singer Anne Keeler and her then-husband, Gordon Melcher.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Fire department funding will be used to rebuild and remodel existing fire stations, and to build a center for fire, police, and specialty apparatus.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Here are the materials and steps for staking citrus trees with a three-stake system, but which can be modified to suit your specific tree and growing conditions.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Jan. 2025
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This requirement will force health care providers to either significantly modify their services or seek alternative funding sources, potentially creating gaps in essential health services in vulnerable communities.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Many view it as a violation of the 14th Amendment, which cannot be altered by an executive order or legislation.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Some might be turned off by Saturday’s performance — the defense allowed 38 points — but that shouldn’t alter the opinion of a group that played well all season despite being shorthanded.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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The market landscape underwent shifts, however, and these changed the demands on Rwazi’s platform.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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The bottom line, though, is Butler’s thinking hasn’t changed.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
18 Jan. 2025
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San Francisco, for example, transformed from a sleepy port town of fewer than 1,000 inhabitants into a booming city of 25,000 residents seemingly overnight.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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As OpenAI continues to enhance this technology, Operator is likely to play a significant role in transforming how digital tasks are conducted, bridging the gap between human intentions and technological execution.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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After Musk weighed in against a spending deal late last year, spurring Republicans to rework their bill, Democrats warned that an unelected billionaire was essentially acting like the president.—
Jess Bidgood,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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But other companies also use Red 3 to color a wide variety of products, from drinks to vegetarian meats, and will be forced to rework their recipes.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Refashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refashion. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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