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
Similarly, leaders can assign teams a conference room or group of cubicles for the duration of a project, letting them reconfigure, put things on the walls, make it theirs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 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
An Australian supermarket chain had to reconfigure its AI assistant, named Olive, after customers said it kept claiming to be human and even complained about its mother.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
This one, I will not rip or reconfigure.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
Atomic change suggests that the soul, like the mind, can be reconfigured as gradually as we might update a laptop one key and chip at a time.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
"We saw that in 10 hours after the CME, the tangled field lines were able to go back to their original place, they reconnected and corona's energy was reconfigured," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
USC has made changes to the practice field and reconfigured it since its original construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
This means that both the speed and transmission behavior of optical signals could be reconfigured across entire systems containing multiple resonators, rather than only within a single resonator.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The wall on Kyle’s right swung open, revealing six swiveling sections, each pivoting panel maybe twenty feet long, all skittering sideways and gliding backward to create new walls and reconfigured pathways.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
"There is definitely an increase in there and it is partially related to tariffs," she said, noting that in some cases automakers are reconfiguring plants or making use of underutilized capacity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
California voters should not expect to see a special election campaign focused on the minutia of reconfiguring the state’s congressional districts, however.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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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