reconfigure
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of reconfigure
1965–70; re- + configure, by back formation from configuration
Example Sentences
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On Friday, the Masters champion demonstrated his ability to reconfigure and recover.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
They have spent around $3.5 million to buy, reconfigure and decorate the three-bedroom home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
The advance points toward a future in which light could be used to design and reconfigure electronic circuits directly on a chip.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
AI doesn’t understand how to go in and reconfigure an entire insurance process claims management system.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
This one, I will not rip or reconfigure.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
This means that both the speed and transmission behavior of optical signals could be reconfigured across entire systems containing multiple resonators, rather than only within a single resonator.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Later tours reconfigured the chandelier’s choreography, hanging it on one fixed point to lower and lift up and down without the sideways travel — a much easier installation for touring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Later, that biological element was sort of reconfigured into something known as “disruptive technologies.”
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
But there was always the promise—and certainly the hope—that the reconfigured Castro could still accommodate screenings by installing temporary raked seating in the orchestra section to replace the tables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
I wonder if the Collective will return when they’ve reconfigured their epiderm-filters?
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
When Hollywood beckoned, the boys answered the call, cavorting, cutting up and reconfiguring reality on the silver screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Installing stairlifts, reconfiguring bathrooms, widening doorways and adding entrance ramps may carry a price tag in excess of tens of thousands of dollars.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
“In some cases, we are going to be investing in reconfiguring the venues so we can do things that will be exciting visually and experientially for the audience.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
"The fact that we are reconfiguring it, not letting it fall into disrepair, is a great story," Lier said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
For me, marriage was more like a full-on merger, a reconfiguring of two lives into one, with the well-being of a family taking precedence over any one agenda or goal.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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