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Origin of reformulate
Explanation
To reformulate is to rework or improve an original plan. If your bottle rocket goes off course, crashing into your kitchen window, you will want to reformulate the flight plans before you launch it again. Fortunately for English speakers, there are a lot of linguistic opportunities for second chances! Reformulate is one of those words that give you a chance to improve upon a first try. Words in this “do-over” family include revise, rework, and redevelop; notice the re in all of these words, from the Latin “again” or “back.” Reformulate is usually used for a formula, theory, or plan.
Vocabulary lists containing reformulate
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The task required Member’s Mark to reformulate and relaunch more than 800 products.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Warning labels on products exceeding nutrient thresholds could help parents navigate the toddler food environment and might encourage manufacturers to reformulate these products."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
The retailer said Friday it has worked closely with national brands and owned-brand partners to reformulate products where necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
They are trying to reformulate their products by doing things like adding more protein and taking out artificial colors and sweeteners.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
By then it will be too late to reformulate the statistics.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Károlyházy's idea has continued to attract attention and was recently revived, refined and reformulated by FQxI's Angelo Bassi and colleagues.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
The reformulated New Coke—launched in 1985, to replace the old version—was one of the biggest flops in marketing history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Since 2017, we have reformulated over 3,000 recipes and taken out 160 additives… Last year alone, we re-worked the formulations of around 300 products," the company said in a statement.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
At the time, he was making the rounds promoting his campaign for Calvin Klein’s Eternity fragrance, which had been reformulated to reflect modern tastes.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
In time, as with Newtonian mechanics, the “central dogma” of genetics would be vastly refined, modified, and reformulated.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Manufacturers therefore have to carefully balance sodium reduction with potassium enhancement when reformulating products.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some Korean brands have been reformulating products like sunscreen to meet FDA regulations, a change that has Olive Young long-timers rushing to stock up on the original stuff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
To compensate for higher cocoa prices, chocolate manufacturers have been reformulating recipes, repackaging products, and yes, raising prices.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
"We are reformulating our cereals served in schools to not include FD&C colours by the 2026-27 school year," says a spokesperson for WK Kellogg, the company behind Kellogg's.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025
His work is neither a translation nor a mere paraphrase; it is a reformulating of Shakespeare into a new work of art.
From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Martin Brown Ruud
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