redesign
Britishverb
noun
Explanation
To change the way something looks or functions is to redesign it. If you use a wheelchair, you might need to redesign your new apartment to make it easier to get around. An architect might redesign a school building so it meets the current codes for being accessible — adding elevators, ramps, and new bathrooms, for example. Or you might redesign your dorm room, simply by moving the furniture around and attaching a disco ball to the ceiling. Clothing designers, in turn, sometimes redesign old favorites, like when they redesign jeans so they have a higher waist or a slimmer fit.
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Louis Poulsen chandeliers hang from the ceiling, along with several plush, crescent-shaped loveseats, acquired from Benaroya Hall when the concert hall underwent a redesign.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
The most recent instance of this involves the East Potomac Golf Links, a historic golf course Trump wishes to redesign but has faced legal setbacks after hundreds of trees were cut down for the project.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Wherever we see a redesign, we see reduction or total elimination of fatalities,” said Jessica Wineberg, coordinator of Milwaukee’s Vision Zero program, a traffic-safety plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Precision breeding and artificial intelligence may provide additional ways to redesign HMA domains, allowing them to recognize pathogen molecules that previously escaped detection.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Oak Ridge directors agreed to redesign the factory with this new information in mind.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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