refashion
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Unlike his Brill Building peer Carole King — he wrote “Oh! Carol,” his first big hit, about her — Sedaka wasn’t able to refashion himself as a hip singer-songwriter.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
The appointment of Hicks will be seen as a move by Pope Leo to refashion the leadership of the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Patel has a stated aim to dramatically refashion how the FBI works, including with a clear-out of some of its top staff.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025
It’s easy to refashion any artist’s life as a narrative of inevitability, but Sokol paints with no guarantee that she’ll ever break into the mainstream art world.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024
To the very end, Malcolm sought to refashion the broken strands between the American Negroes and African culture.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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