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verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of reshape
nounreshaping (plural reshapings)
plural reshapings
- The process by which something is reshaped.
Near-synonym: recontouring
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In one sense or another, each of the stories is about the creation of private fictions, reshapings of the world in order to make it walkable.
2009 June 28, David Gates, “The Postmodern Me”, in New York TimesSynonyms: recontouring
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nounThe process by which something is reshaped.
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reshaping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reshaping
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“reshaping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reshaping. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reshaping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reshaping.
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