as in to remodel
to make different in some way
refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook
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Recent Examples of refashion
And Davos itself is a microcosm of this microcosm: a landscape of Burkean sublimity whose rarefied air brought tuberculosis patients to its slopes for decades before the development of streptomycin began to empty out the sanatoriums, which over time refashioned themselves as hotels.
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Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Much will have to be refashioned from scratch, Aidek says.
—Byrichard Stone, science.org, 23 Dec. 2024
Looking over the four buildings on the property — the single family home Cortes and Bernson live in, two duplexes and an ancient tool shed refashioned as an artist’s studio — LA Más concluded the shed would have to go to make room for an ADU that would bring in market-rate rent.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The show is loosely based on the stripper’s memoir, but Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book, refashioned it as the story of her mother.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Postal Service was remodeled under the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, moving from a cabinet department to an independent agency under the executive branch with a Board of Governors.—
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Outback also will slow its new restaurant openings and direct its investments to remodeling current locations.—
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The Technical Foundation Of Modern Video Creation Video editing software traditionally works with timelines—strips of video, images and audio that can be arranged and modified.—
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Two days later, the report suggests the results of that ranking were modified, with San Sebastian gaining points and ending up on 10.6026.—
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Nothing will alter The Electric State’s disorienting, tone-deaf incompetence.—
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However, his contract will severely alter draft plans for Pittsburgh.—
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After more than a decade Jérôme Lambert has returned to the helm of Jaeger-LeCoultre, and in some ways nothing much has changed.—
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Pay attention to the market of your target industry and see how specific companies change in the future.—
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This small shift transforms a directive into a strategic decision and positions you as thoughtful, not arbitrary.—
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Downstairs, the Rock Bottom Bar is even more lively, with frequent live music and DJ sets on Saturday that transform this relatively sleepy coastal spot into a party.—
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In the end, Darnell reworked the show to pit two women against each other in every episode, competing for their spot in the final pageant at the behest of outside judges rather than their peers.—
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Vacheron reworked the Maltese Cross pattern on the bezel to feature six notches rather than eight, while the dial is date-less and features applied luminescent indices and sword hands.—
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“Refashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refashion. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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