reshape
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Conjugated Forms
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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District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín that its proposed $111-billion deal — which would reshape Hollywood with the combination of two historic studios — did not violate U.S. antitrust laws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The entire process, however, goes beyond the fate of a single prosecutor and could reshape the world's only permanent war‑crimes tribunal.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Santander, the eurozone’s biggest bank by market capitalization, has moved to reshape its portfolio through dealmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
I reshape her body again, stretching her limbs like sugar-sticks, cinching her waist, and making her a whole four inches taller.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
“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
He writes that as AI reshapes how we receive information, the Church has a new mission of teaching people what deserves to be believed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
The layoffs bludgeoning the tech industry continued this week as artificial intelligence reshapes the industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
To-day it fails to meet a situation which reshapes itself with each rising and each setting of the sun.
From The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) by Nearing, Scott
She remembers watching Network East Late, Desi DNA and tuning into Asian Network as teenager, long before streaming and TikTok reshaped how music travelled.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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
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
Three little letters—VAR, for video assistant referee—have reshaped matches and sparked global outrage for the past four weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The song cut off, and my haptic chair reshaped and reoriented itself, transforming from a bed back into its chair configuration, lifting me into a sitting position as it did so.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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
James has changed teams three times before, but the circumstances are far different than when he was a superstar in his prime reshaping the league by switching his zip code.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
For Aiyar, that democratic impulse is already reshaping politics.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The reshaping of alliances around the future European fighter is a key topic at Farnborough.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
This reshaping of events happens in a dozen ways every day, contesting reality.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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