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Wartime production, rail expansion and emancipation were reshaping labor markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

In the book, Mr. Naisbitt focused on 10 major trends he believed were reshaping American commerce and society.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2021

“We were reshaping bunkers, re-sodding, putting liners in, sand in. We still had dirt on 6 and 7. There wasn’t anything there,” Mark said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2020

While birth control and feminism were reshaping conventions around sex and work, Donald insisted on the old ways.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2020

At the time, mergers were reshaping the oil and gas industry, and Mr. Pickens reinvented himself as a full-blown corporate raider.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2018