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makeover

[meyk-oh-ver] / ˈmeɪkˌoʊ vər /
NOUN
refashioning
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US President Donald Trump has continued his makeover of the White House, adding a statue of Christopher Colombus and laying new black granite paving stones on the famed West Wing colonnade.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Montana, which has a rich Democratic history, has become a solidly Republican state, though the makeover took some time to complete.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Singapore is managed in a way that "excludes accident and randomness", he wrote in Singapore Songlines, his seminal essay on the city's rapid makeover.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

I wasn’t prepared for the movie’s makeover plot to resonate quite as much as it did.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

They gave Colin a makeover when he arrived for the first taping, turning him into the cool, snide, troublemaking prodigy.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green