refiguring

verb

present participle of refigure
1
as in recasting

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2
as in recomputing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refiguring
  1. recasting
  2. computing
  3. revising
  4. figuring
  5. transforming
  6. counting
  7. refashioning
  8. numbering
Verb
  • While many rumors swirled following Grande and Bailey’s departures about recasting (Jessie Buckley?
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Sony Pictures Television has suspended Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton and is recasting his role.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of recasting
Verb
  • The abundance of computing power created by the AI buildout is also behind Hayes' latest crypto venture, Flop, an AI-agent payments project expected to launch in the first quarter of 2027.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • If, say, a Chinese model developer can piggyback on all the money and computing power those companies have invested, the incentive to keep making new models starts to evaporate.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of computing
Verb
  • Insights like ours are revising researchers’ understanding of both the past and how people operate today, as inequality grows globally.
    — Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The possibility of revising Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, which renounces war and prohibits a traditional standing army, is no longer taboo in Tokyo.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of revising
Verb
  • This is also figuring that Warners unleashes Digger on Premium VOD soon and does a decent number relative to the box office because people are curious.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
  • UConn has been figuring it out with 87 new players, many of whom hadn’t seen regular game reps at their prior stop.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of figuring
Verb
  • In 2025, The Jay hotel in San Francisco teamed up with The Namesake, transforming a section of The Jay’s stylish Third Floor into an exclusive design studio.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • That begins with abandoning the fantasy of transforming the region by force.
    — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of transforming
Verb
  • While readers aren’t likely counting up words while reading, chapter length contributes greatly to pacing and development.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The movie is playing on the coasts with AMC Lincoln Square counting the best sum for the film.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of counting
Verb
  • Indeed, Chinese authorities have already begun refashioning the tools of their security state in response.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Kingsoft Cloud is refashioning itself into an artificial intelligence cloud player — a move that should drive its shares higher, according to Morgan Stanley.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of refashioning
Verb
  • Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images The researchers said the Adelie penguins of Cape Adare, on the other side of Antarctica, are now the world's largest penguin colony, numbering more than one million as of 2018.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Vee first garnered recognition as a cast member of Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘n Out and The Women of Wild ‘n Out, beginning to accrue a social following now numbering over 6 million.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of numbering
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