reshape
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Present
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reshapesimple
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reshapessimple
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have reshapedperfect
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has reshapedperfect
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am reshapingprogressive
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are reshapingprogressive
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is reshapingprogressive
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have been reshapingperfect progressive
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has been reshapingperfect progressive
Past
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reshapedsimple
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had reshapedperfect
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was reshapingprogressive
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were reshapingprogressive
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had been reshapingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reshape
Explanation
When you reshape something, you change or transform it completely. You can reshape a lump of clay, but you can also reshape your plans for your life. A government can reshape the country's energy plan, incorporating more environmentally friendly systems. And a school committee can reshape the high school curriculum, adding higher-level science classes and more choices in the art department. It's also possible to reshape things in a more literal way, squeezing bread dough as you reshape it to fit a different pan, for example.
Example Sentences
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These fragments provided strong evidence that the bone had been used to strike, reshape and maintain stone tools on multiple occasions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
The overhaul will reshape $200 billion in spending a year and favors individual scientists to outpace China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
This model of physicochemical modification could improve scientists' understanding of how oceanic plates develop and how large volcanic provinces reshape Earth's interior.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Friday’s hearing in Oakland opened the first chapter in the fight over the blockbuster deal that both sides agree would dramatically reshape Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He could reshape mesarthium and he could fly.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
“The bottom line is that the market is clearly favoring foundational security and infrastructure layers over legacy applications as artificial intelligence reshapes software business models.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
"As warming reshapes these microbial communities, it can speed the loss of carbon from soils."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Venture-capital firm General Catalyst led the funding round—that also attracted interest from Atomico and Four Rivers—bringing in fresh capital to expand as AI reshapes the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The layoffs bludgeoning the tech industry continued this week as artificial intelligence reshapes the industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
It was a demonstration of the human power that refuses to submit to environment and circumstance and fate; that rises and rebukes facts, reshapes destiny.
From The Nine-Tenths by Oppenheim, James
He says attachment is often reshaped during periods of transition, particularly during adolescence, when young people begin forming close relationships beyond their family.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
New concourses, expanded corridors and improved passenger facilities have reshaped the transit hub, which serves hundreds of thousands of commuters and travelers each day and remains the busiest rail station in the United States.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
She said SCOTUSblog was “groundbreaking and has really reshaped our legal community and how we talk about the law.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Constitutional law was reshaped by the campaign to outlaw segregation, by the campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment, and by the campaign for constitutionally protected same-sex marriage.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Paper remade from wilted, dirty, hopeless litter that had been rescued, scrubbed clean, and reshaped.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
But in the Gold Rush era it was taken away and, later, used by the logging industry, reshaping the landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Steven's weekly column examines the ways in which AI and other deep technologies—and the money and people behind them—are reshaping business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
In two essays published shortly before his Makerfield campaign, Haigh set out a vision for a radical reshaping of the British state.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But the efficiency gains reshaping startups are casting a long shadow over the next generation of programmers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
At Skathis’s will, however, it had rippled, shifted, reshaping itself into new configurations with the fluidity of mercury.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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