reconfigure
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of reconfigure
1965–70; re- + configure, by back formation from configuration
Example Sentences
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Many expect that Paramount may have to reconfigure its children’s television holdings abroad due to the proposed combination of two large players — Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
On Friday, the Masters champion demonstrated his ability to reconfigure and recover.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Now, he is considering how to reconfigure the company’s operations for easier access to the newly important export hubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
The advance points toward a future in which light could be used to design and reconfigure electronic circuits directly on a chip.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
Not only did Pachakuti reconfigure the capital, he laid out the institutions that characterized Tawantinsuyu itself.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Later, that biological element was sort of reconfigured into something known as “disruptive technologies.”
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
The district was reconfigured under Proposition 50, the ballot measure that passed last year to redraw the boundaries of the state’s congressional districts.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Chevron also reconfigured its Asian refineries to make them yield more fuel as Asia faces a severe shortage and has been forced to ration oil products.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Yet this scene, too, is ultimately reconfigured in surprising ways, leaving its meanings bracingly indefinite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
A self-taught electrician, Tsalig was in high demand to install electricity in our neighbors' newly reconfigured cellars.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
Energy majors like BP, Eni and Repsol invested in the field, but have largely focused on distributing traditional fuel instead of reconfiguring their refineries to make SAF.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
“Installing stairlifts, reconfiguring bathrooms, widening doorways and adding entrance ramps may carry a price tag in excess of tens of thousands of dollars.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
"The fact that we are reconfiguring it, not letting it fall into disrepair, is a great story," Lier said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Among the key elements of the new plan are reconfiguring academic units and professional services, securing more commercial finance and consolidating efficiencies.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
For me, marriage was more like a full-on merger, a reconfiguring of two lives into one, with the well-being of a family taking precedence over any one agenda or goal.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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