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  • verb Present participle of refashion.
  • noun A reinvention; an act of fashioning again.

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Examples

  • But in a time of global financial crisis, rapid technological advances and the growing power of the high street, Temperley is also an interesting example of a label refashioning itself for a new era.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk Laura Barton 2010

  • The demoticists were an important force in refashioning Greek national identity in more inclusive terms.

    Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

  • The Miami-based town planner was the inspiration of New Urbanism, the idea of refashioning for modern life the more wholesome neighborhood patterns of the past.

    2theadvocate.com Latest News 2009

  • The limit of 'refashioning' for me is turning up trouser hems but I do cut up charity shop finds for quilts.

    Happy Celtic New Year, everyone! Imogen 2008

  • And I guess Tim was kind of refashioning the character in his head and it worked out for me that they decided to go younger.

    CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2007 2007

  • I think the "refashioning" movement gets the "do more with less" point across in a much more real and less intentionally provocative way.

    questioning assumptions - A Dress A Day 2006

  • The "refashioning" of the economy means some skills or areas of expertise now are in greater value, while others are largely unneeded.

    Durangoherald.com 2010

  • That is, if many millions of new English-speakers find a choice between the and a troubling because nothing in their native language resembles it, their refashioning of English could present alternatives that other speakers would naturally adopt as well, not least to avoid being sidelined when the world is engaged in its most encompassing conversations.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • That is, if many millions of new English-speakers find a choice between the and a troubling because nothing in their native language resembles it, their refashioning of English could present alternatives that other speakers would naturally adopt as well, not least to avoid being sidelined when the world is engaged in its most encompassing conversations.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Anthropologists maintain the Santa Muerte is a refashioning of San Pascual Rey, a Catholic saint with a long cult history in the Mayan lands of Chiapas and Guatemala, and whose traditional image is a frightening skeleton.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

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