re-create
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Origin of re-create
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He’s sticking to his mantra of “responsible growth,” unwilling to re-create the highflying days of Bank of America’s past that led to government bailouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The duo studied dusty LPs from Mexico and Colombia and employed a panoply of vintage keyboards to re-create the ghostly sounds of a Latin America that ceased to exist decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The group, swaying in unison, have come together to re-create the music video for Kate Bush's 1978 song Wuthering Heights, inspired by Emily Brontë's novel.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The rebuilt pad would incorporate improvements for future launches, and won’t just re-create the pad that was lost, Limp said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Sailing across the ocean among half a thousand perfect strangers conveyed an anonymity in which my grandparents could re-create themselves.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Voice of legendary play-by-play announcer, re-created using artificial intelligence, will provide daily Olympic updates for NBCUniversal’s Peacock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The lights were dark in the re-created Beverly Hills home; the rest of the crew was on location filming in Highland Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The very few pieces we weren’t able to source, they were impeccably re-created.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Nonetheless, Saddam had sustained his team of some 3,000 nuclear scientists and technicians who could have re-created Iraq’s capability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
For when it has been re-created in whatever shape is needed at the moment, then this new version is the past, and no different past can ever have existed.
From "1984" by George Orwell
After “Best Friends Forever,” Secret Handshake created another statue featuring Trump and Epstein — this time re-creating the iconic bow-of-the-ship scene from “Titanic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Unforeseen events could eventually leave them dependent on public assistance, re-creating the kind of poverty that Social Security was designed to prevent after the Great Depression.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Netflix is so psyched about generative software that it’s spent the year acquiring an A.I. production studio, launching a different studio for A.I.-animated shorts, and re-creating Gene Wilder’s voice for a Willy Wonka–themed game show.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
In terms of re-creating, I’m definitely not doing the same piece.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
The hope was to settle the long-standing dispute by re-creating the graybeards’ visit to Folsom.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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