reshape
verb (used with object)
to shape again or into different form.
had reshaped
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past perfectof reshape.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By the time of his death, Apple had gone from a struggling computer maker to a company that had reshaped several industries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
No surprise, really: To listen to earlier stuff by Dan + Shay, Bieber’s collaborators on “10,000 Hours,” is to hear how extensively white-soul singing had reshaped country by the early 2010s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Cathy Adams said the rise of low-cost airlines like EasyJet had "reshaped our expectations around travel".
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
The pandemic had reshaped demands from Chinese travellers, Sun said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 17, 2023
They had reshaped his eyes, cutting them narrower against the light, and altered the line of his brow, drawing it forward and knitting it between his black eyebrows in a single furrow.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
