re-create

American

[ree-kree-eyt] / ˌri kriˈeɪt /

verb (used with object)

re-created, re-creating

to create anew.

Synonyms:

remake, reproduce

re-create British

/ ˌriːkrɪˈeɪt /

verb

to create anew; reproduce

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Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of re-create

First recorded in 1580–90; re- + create

Example Sentences

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For this story, Image collaborated with the Performance Art Museum and artist Tyler Matthew Oyer to honor and re-create three of High Performance’s radical covers, featuring Lacy, Newton and Sisters of Survival.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Some have wondered why anyone would attempt to re-create on stage one of the classics of 1970s filmmaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The live chat network, which includes 350,000 financial professionals in 184 countries, would also be hard to re-create, as well as the terminal’s data security, reliability and robust support system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

“As cheesy as it sounds, I wanted to re-create my dad with software.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

In such a narrowed world, in order to survive, you learn to contain your rage and your despair, and you try to re-create, as well as you can, your normality, some sense of things continuing.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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