refashion

/ riːˈfæʃən /

verb

1. to give a new form to (something)

Example Sentences

Even the culinary masters in the French tradition have embraced the idea of giving turkey that Gallic twist, which often means refashioning it into something that doesn’t quite resemble a turkey.

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After his embarrassing defeat in the Democratic primary, Cuomo was eager to refashion himself as an underdog independent candidate.

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Its ground floor would become an “interior street” while upper floors would be refashioned as housing in chunks of 100 to 250 units to take advantage of public funding sources.

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Set in the idyllic island of Naxos, Greece, Pochoda refashions Euripides’ “The Bacchae” to weave a hypnotic tale of recently widowed Lena, breaking free from the strictures imposed by the men in her life.

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Since distancing himself from Hollywood, Brand in recent years has refashioned himself as an anti-establishment commentator and platformed conspiracy theories about vaccines and the 9/11 attacks.

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