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
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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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In this sense, the Backrooms reveal how digital culture is beginning to reshape experiences traditionally associated with tourism, allowing for the mundane to become menacing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 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
New York adopted a temporary, targeted pause on new hyperscale AI data centers that use 50 megawatts or more while we establish clear rules for an industry that will reshape our economy for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Martínez-Olguín’s order came after a hearing in Oakland on Friday that represented a first salvo between the two sides in the fight over a merger that would dramatically reshape the entertainment industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Just like Saint Augustine 800 years earlier, Maimonides tried to reshape the Semitic Bible to fit into Greek doctrine: doctrine that had an unreasonable fear of the void.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Management broadly painted an optimistic view of next year, when it expects that companies and governments will look to replenish their inventories and solidify new supply connections as the war reshapes energy markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The analysts think the memory supercycle will likely continue as agentic AI improves office productivity and reshapes workflows, just like when PCs became the default office tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Building on earlier work showing that a first pregnancy reshapes the brain, the researchers found that each pregnancy leaves its own unique imprint on the maternal brain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 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
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
While Kennedy describes himself at times as a small-town lawyer from Sacramento, he knew the two California governors, both Republicans, who reshaped the Supreme Court.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
This newfound weight on my shoulders changed and reshaped my conversations with God.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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
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
The debate is not about whether AI is real or whether it’s reshaping the U.S. economy by fundamentally altering corporate productivity, capital allocation and the labor market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
For Darwin, Lyell’s central idea—of the slow heave of natural forces shaping and reshaping the earth, sculpting nature—would prove to be a potent intellectual spur.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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