REMAKES Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

remakes

verb

present tense third-person singular of remake

as in remodels

to make different in some way one of those people who left the security and conformity of a small town to remake their lives in the big city

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as in repeats

to make or do again yesterday's soup was so good that we decided to remake it for today's lunch

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Recent Examples of remakes In Calvino’s novel, young Cosimo remakes his relationship with society by moving into the trees; in Boeri’s vision, society remakes its relationship with nature by moving the trees into the city. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Because until the state follows through and remakes all streets around the limits of the human body, fallible people will remain primarily responsible for road users’ safety. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026 That’s just a piece with what the show so far is doing best, and what Disney remakes could be doing more of, making something spiritually true, but also boldly new, out of a story everyone remembers. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026 The collection takes 10 of Skims’ most familiar bra and underwear silhouettes and remakes them in cotton, spanning bralettes, briefs, thongs and boy shorts. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 22 June 2026 More broadly, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, this week laid off 8,000 workers as the company remakes itself with AI. — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 27 May 2026 The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval. — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026 Capitalism is the other force that restlessly and continually remakes the world. — Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026 Two remakes top the list of the 46th Annual Golden Raspberry nominations, known as the Razzies, announced on Wednesday. — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026

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Verb

More than just structural support For decades, scientists have known that bone provides support, stores minerals and continuously remodels itself.

— Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
The push in beauty comes at a time when Walmart is doubling down on the style category, giving beauty, fashion and home prime real estate adjacent to the highly trafficked grocery or pharmacy departments in about 100 stores, with more to be added as the company remodels existing formats.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025

Definition of remodels

Verb

Congress repeats the pattern because lawmakers assume the consequences will arrive after the next election.

— Carolyn Bourdeaux, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Advanced X-ray analysis confirmed that the electrode reliably repeats this two-step storage process, inserting zinc ions first and then adding protons.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of repeats

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An agent that calls the wrong API or modifies the wrong record creates consequences a hallucinated sentence simply cannot.

— Hemant Kashyap, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
So the team fed AlphaFold versions of a target DNA sequence, along with a guide RNA, the Cas9 sequence, and an enzyme that chemically modifies bases and can stick to Cas9.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

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New this year is the Paddock Building, which reworks the saddling area with new dining and social spaces overlooking the Saddling Paddock and Stakes Winner's Circle, worth a look even on a day without racing.

— Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Snooz reworks that moment so the treat aligns with the goal of actually falling asleep afterward.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of reworks

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But whether the settlement fundamentally alters the business of one of the world’s most powerful tech giants remains an open question.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Sodium dithionite primarily alters the dyes’ chromophores, reducing their visible color without fully breaking the bonds connecting the dyes to cellulose.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

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