recompose
Americanverb (used with object)
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to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
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to restore to composure or calmness.
verb
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to restore to composure or calmness
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to arrange or compose again; reform
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Origin of recompose
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For decades, the Roman professionals in charge of Catholicism’s post-Vatican II efforts to recompose unity with Eastern Orthodoxy have been guided by a strategic idea: the road to Constantinople runs through Moscow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
McGowan, from Dumbarton, will now need to recompose herself and beat Astan Bathily of Ivory Coast to be in with a shot at a medal.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024
Then, after Mussorgsky’s death, his friend Rimsky-Korsakov took it upon himself to reorchestrate, rejigger and sometimes recompose the work to make it more colorful and less idiosyncratic.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
In the weeks and months after the 9/11 attacks, New York City began to slowly recompose itself.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2020
Joon’s face twitches as he tries to recompose himself, tries to relax the corners of his eyes and focus on something over Apa’s shoulder.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
“The student body will be recomposed over time: some current students will self-select out, others will graduate; we’ll recruit new students who are mission-aligned.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
Zombies don’t have to be bat-bitten, red-eyed raveners, sinister and recomposed.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2020
Avant-garde percussionist and pianist Tyshawn Sorey recomposed everything for members of ICE.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2016
This backlit tiny snail, Helix aspersa, created a shadow that caught Mr Knight's eye, who then recomposed his image and waited until it reached the end of the fern before taking the photo.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2013
“Hey, Cameron,” Irene said, seeming totally recomposed, or maybe she hadn’t ever lost composure.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
We have achieved something very important, which is recomposing our investment matrix.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Ms Spade draws a distinction between decomposing and recomposing.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2020
At the turn of the millennium, Mr. Gursky started digitally recomposing photographs to give them a look similar to abstract paintings.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2018
Possibly having been transformed into black smoke and sucked through a socket before recomposing in human form has played havoc with his cognitive skills.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2017
Suffice it to say that the intellect is characterized by the unlimited power of decomposing according to any law and of recomposing into any system.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
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