reframe
verb
re·frame
(ˌ)rē-ˈfrām
reframed; reframing
: to frame (something) again and often in a different way
Tom, a seasoned renovator, … reframed the crooked doorways …—Gillian Barth
The more lines of discoloration there are near the frame edges (from where the mounting paper has been exposed to light), the more times the silhouette has probably been reframed.—Carolyn B. Noyes
… deftly reframes the debate, asserting that the war was never about W.M.D.s but about transforming the political dynamic of the region …—Yoni Brenner
… cognitive-behavioral therapy, in which patients slowly expose themselves to the places and circumstances that frighten them and reframe the catastrophic thinking that torments them.—Jeffrey Kluger
All failures are reframed as "good tries."—Jon Krause
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“Reframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reframe. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.
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