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as in to restore
to bring back to a former condition or vigor
supporters of preservation hope to recreate the architectural splendor that the old movie theater had when it first opened
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as in to play
to engage in activity for amusement
an old summer resort where families have been recreating for over a century
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or recreate
as in to reconstruct
to make (something) exist or appear to exist again
The museum staff re-created the entire village based on historical drawings and descriptions. The performers re-create famous Civil War battles.
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Recent Examples of recreate
James Grebey, Time, 10 July 2025
Marks had obtained ingredients listed in the manuscript to re-create the smell of a breath freshener and of a hair perfume that would have been applied as a powder, like dry shampoo.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
Everybody tries to re-create it in various parts of the country and the world with mixed success.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 July 2025
While dozing off in a chair with a book or a cup doesn’t seem particularly radical, a number of cognitive scientists got serious about re-creating Edison’s approach to insights and testing it in their experiments.
—ArsTechnica, 6 July 2025
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Advertisement This lack of an explicit backstory is very much in line with Superman's approach to superhero mythos, which might actually re-create the experience of reading superhero comics better than any other movie.
—James Grebey, Time, 10 July 2025
Marks had obtained ingredients listed in the manuscript to re-create the smell of a breath freshener and of a hair perfume that would have been applied as a powder, like dry shampoo.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
Everybody tries to re-create it in various parts of the country and the world with mixed success.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 9 July 2025
While dozing off in a chair with a book or a cup doesn’t seem particularly radical, a number of cognitive scientists got serious about re-creating Edison’s approach to insights and testing it in their experiments.
—ArsTechnica, 6 July 2025
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“Recreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreate. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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