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
In the weeks and months after the 9/11 attacks, New York City began to slowly recompose itself.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2020
“I wanted to digest Anne’s experience in my own way and then recompose it into my work,” said Ogawa during an interview in her home, located in a suburb between Kobe and Osaka.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2019
In the corridor, a little sing-song voice is calling: "Pietro! Pietro!" and I watch the doctor of Lampedusa hurriedly recompose himself to become once again the magical doctor of Disneyland.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2016
He shut his eyes tight and tried to recompose himself.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
As the movie ended and the destabilized audience recomposed itself, Garland and cast members Dunst, Spaeny and Brazilian actor Wagner Moura, who plays another reporter, took to the stage for a Q&A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
“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
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
That’s especially so, he said, when we combine symbols while composing and recomposing pieces of knowledge, which helps us to generalize.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
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
The 28-year-old Briton stormed the first set but allowed Sousa back in before recomposing himself in a 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2 win against the number 32 seed.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2016
Chemists have put the manufacturers in possession of new means of decomposing and recomposing substances.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon
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