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
Much will have to be refashioned from scratch, Aidek says.
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Byrichard Stone, science.org, 23 Dec. 2024
Looking over the four buildings on the property — the single family home Cortes and Bernson live in, two duplexes and an ancient tool shed refashioned as an artist’s studio — LA Más concluded the shed would have to go to make room for an ADU that would bring in market-rate rent.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The show is loosely based on the stripper’s memoir, but Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book, refashioned it as the story of her mother.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
The painstaking restoration of Notre Dame involved the labor of hundreds of specialized artisans who refashioned everything from the lead sheets used to form the nave’s peaked roof to vital portions of stone masonry, CBS reported.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
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Byrichard Stone, science.org, 23 Dec. 2024
Looking over the four buildings on the property — the single family home Cortes and Bernson live in, two duplexes and an ancient tool shed refashioned as an artist’s studio — LA Más concluded the shed would have to go to make room for an ADU that would bring in market-rate rent.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The show is loosely based on the stripper’s memoir, but Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book, refashioned it as the story of her mother.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
The painstaking restoration of Notre Dame involved the labor of hundreds of specialized artisans who refashioned everything from the lead sheets used to form the nave’s peaked roof to vital portions of stone masonry, CBS reported.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refashion
Verb
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For example, bone is constantly being remodeled in response to exercise or inactivity.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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After remodeling to fit their needs, the restaurant opened in February.—
Jason Dill,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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But while public opinion has swayed towards Trump on border security and deportations, polling shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of the president’s position on modifying birthright citizenship, with a recent Pew survey measuring 56% opposed to his executive order and just 43% in favor.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes and,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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So, by modifying mouse genes to mimic these changes, the researchers have successfully engineered a living model of mammoth-like traits—a first-of-its-kind experiment in de-extinction science.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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These changes are fundamentally altering the ecosystem.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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Farmers in southern California could alter watering strategies to keep crops robust during a coming draught.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Discussions around changing West Ada’s classroom display policy in 2022 were informed by this new law, with content neutrality seen as a way to prevent bias — or accusations of bias — in schools.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Mar. 2025
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But the Barnetts did a petition to change my age to 22 years old.—
Sophie Hanson,
StyleCaster,
19 Mar. 2025
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In the past five years, here are five ways the market transformed.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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Barcelona’s Joan Gamper training complex is sometimes transformed depending on each coach’s needs.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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The band remix opens at No. 21, followed closely by the Johnny Gold reworking at No. 22, and the instrumental version at No. 23.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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To create 9,700 new homes including 2,900 that are earmarked as income-restricted, the zoning would be reworked to allow for commercial, manufacturing and residential uses that are largely not allowed now.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
7 Mar. 2025
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